Years 1 and 2 · Languages · Understanding language and culture

AC9LC2U04

notice that people use language in ways that reflect cultural practices

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The rest of Understanding language and culture in Years 1 and 2.

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9LC2U04 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 1 and 2.

1. Years 3 and 4AC9LC4U01recognise and use modelled combinations of sounds, tone-syllable pronunciation and intonation patterns to form words and phrases, and understand that Pinyin is the romanisation of characters
2. Years 3 and 4AC9LC4U02recognise some features of the Chinese writing system, familiar components and/or characters, simple sentence structures and basic syntax, in familiar texts and contexts
3. Years 3 and 4AC9LC4U03recognise familiar Chinese language features and compare with those of English, in known contexts
4. Years 3 and 4AC9LC4U04identify connections between Chinese language and cultural practices
5. Years 3 and 4AC9LCH4U01recognise and use the tonal features of Chinese in different contexts and understand how syllables are represented in Pinyin
6. Years 3 and 4AC9LCH4U02recognise and use features of the Chinese writing system, familiar components and/or characters, a range of sentence structures and basic syntax, in familiar texts and contexts
7. Years 3 and 4AC9LCH4U03recognise and compare features of familiar spoken and written text in Chinese and English
8. Years 3 and 4AC9LCH4U04identify connections between Chinese language and cultural practices