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Years 1 and 2 · Languages · Communicating meaning in Chinese

AC9LCH2C01

interact in classroom-related routines; and personal introductions

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Communicating meaning in Chinese in Years 1 and 2.

AC9LC2C01

recognise and respond to modelled classroom-related greetings, instructions and routines; and personal introductions

AC9LC2C02

participate in a range of guided, play-based language activities using formulaic expressions, visual and spoken cues

AC9LC2C03

locate, with support, key information in familiar texts, and respond using gestures, images, words and formulaic phrases

AC9LC2C04

notice that language carries cultural meaning in classroom-related greetings, introductions, instructions and routines

AC9LC2C05

with support, use words, familiar phrases and modelled language to create spoken, written and multimodal texts, copying some familiar characters and Pinyin

AC9LCH2C02

collaborate with others in a range of play-based activities using modelled expressions and visual and spoken cues

AC9LCH2C03

locate, with support, key information in spoken and written texts, and respond using gestures, images, words and modelled sentences

AC9LCH2C04

recognise that language carries cultural meaning in everyday social interactions

AC9LCH2C05

with support, create spoken, written and multimodal texts, using familiar words, modelled phrases and sentences, copying known characters and Pinyin

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9LCH2C01 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 1 and 2.

  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

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