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AC9LC6C01

initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal world and school environment

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Communicating meaning in Chinese in Years 5 and 6.

AC9LC6C02

participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

AC9LC6C03

locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

AC9LC6C04

apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in Chinese language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

AC9LC6C05

create and present informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, textual conventions, familiar characters and/or Pinyin

AC9LCH6C01

initiate and sustain exchanges related to students’ experiences and perspectives

AC9LCH6C02

participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using modelled and idiomatic language, to agree, suggest and resolve

AC9LCH6C03

locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose and audience

AC9LCH6C04

apply strategies to interpret and translate language in non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

AC9LCH6C05

create and present informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts, appropriate to purpose and audience, using a range of sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and textual conventions

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9LC6C01 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 5 and 6.

  1. Years 3 and 4AC9LC4C01initiate exchanges and respond to modelled questions about self, others, and classroom environment, using formulaic expressions
  2. Years 3 and 4AC9LC4C02participate in activities that involve planning and transacting with others, using a range of familiar phrases and modelled structures
  3. Years 3 and 4AC9LC4C03locate and respond to key information related to familiar content obtained from spoken, written and multimodal texts
  4. Years 3 and 4AC9LC4C04develop strategies to comprehend and adjust Chinese language in familiar contexts to convey cultural meaning
  5. Years 3 and 4AC9LC4C05create and present informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using formulaic expressions, simple sentences and modelled textual conventions, familiar characters appropriate to context, and/or Pinyin
  6. Years 3 and 4AC9LCH4C01initiate exchanges and respond to questions about home and classroom environments, using familiar expressions
  7. Years 3 and 4AC9LCH4C02participate in activities that involve planning and transacting with others, using a range of phrases, structures and modelled sentences in familiar contexts
  8. Years 3 and 4AC9LCH4C03locate, organise and respond to key information related to familiar content in spoken, written and multimodal texts
  9. Years 3 and 4AC9LCH4C04develop strategies to interpret language that conveys cultural meaning
  10. Years 3 and 4AC9LCH4C05create and present informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts, using a range of sentence structures and modelled textual conventions, characters appropriate to context, and/or Pinyin
  11. Years 7 and 8AC9LC8C01initiate and sustain exchanges in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to students’ experiences, feelings and views, adjusting their language in response to others
  12. Years 7 and 8AC9LC8C02collaborate in activities that involve the language of transaction, negotiation and problem-solving to plan projects and events
  13. Years 7 and 8AC9LC8C03interpret information, ideas and opinions in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond appropriately to cultural context, purpose and audience
  14. Years 7 and 8AC9LC8C04interpret and adjust non-verbal, spoken and written language to convey meaning in Chinese language in familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts
  15. Years 7 and 8AC9LC8C05create and present spoken, written and multimodal informative and imaginative texts, selecting vocabulary, expressions, sentence structures, textual features and conventions, using characters appropriate to text type and context
  16. Years 7 and 8AC9LC8EC01interact with others using modelled language to exchange information in familiar contexts about self and personal world
  17. Years 7 and 8AC9LC8EC02develop Chinese language to interact in classroom exchanges, routines, tasks and responsibilities
  18. Years 7 and 8AC9LC8EC03engage in modelled non-verbal, spoken and written exchanges with peers to organise activities relating to daily life and school environment
  19. Years 7 and 8AC9LC8EC04locate and process information and ideas in familiar spoken, written and multimodal texts, responding in ways appropriate to cultural context, purpose and audience
  20. Years 7 and 8AC9LC8EC05develop and begin to apply strategies to interpret, translate and convey meaning in Chinese in familiar contexts
  21. Years 7 and 8AC9LC8EC06create spoken, written and multimodal informative and imaginative texts, for familiar contexts and purposes using appropriate vocabulary, expressions, sentence structures and some textual conventions, and familiar characters and/or Pinyin
  22. Years 7 and 8AC9LCH8C01initiate and sustain exchanges in familiar and unfamiliar contexts related to students’ experiences, feelings and views, adjusting their language in response to others
  23. Years 7 and 8AC9LCH8C02collaborate in activities that involve the language of transacting, negotiating and justifying to plan events
  24. Years 7 and 8AC9LCH8C03interpret and analyse information, ideas and opinions in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond appropriately to cultural context, purpose and audience
  25. Years 7 and 8AC9LCH8C04interpret and translate non-verbal, spoken and written language to convey meaning in a range of familiar and unfamiliar cultural contexts
  26. Years 7 and 8AC9LCH8C05create and present spoken, written and multimodal informative and imaginative texts, manipulating language to suit context, purpose and audience
  27. Years 7 and 8AC9LCH8EC01initiate and sustain exchanges, related to students’ experiences and perspectives
  28. Years 7 and 8AC9LCH8EC02engage in activities that involve planning, transacting and negotiating with peers, using a range of phrases, sentences and structures and features
  29. Years 7 and 8AC9LCH8EC03locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, responding in ways appropriate to cultural context, purpose and audience
  30. Years 7 and 8AC9LCH8EC04apply strategies to interpret, translate and convey meaning in familiar and some unfamiliar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts
  31. Years 7 and 8AC9LCH8EC05create spoken, written and multimodal informative and imaginative texts, using vocabulary, expressions, sentence structures, textual conventions and appropriate characters and/or Pinyin, to suit purpose and audience

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