Years 5 and 6 · Languages · Communicating meaning in Japanese

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

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1. Years 3 and 4AC9LJ4C01initiate exchanges and respond to modelled questions about self, others, and classroom environment, using formulaic expressions
2. Years 3 and 4AC9LJ4C02participate in activities that involve planning with others, using a range of familiar phrases and modelled structures
3. Years 3 and 4AC9LJ4C03locate and respond to key information related to familiar content obtained from spoken, written and multimodal texts
4. Years 3 and 4AC9LJ4C04develop strategies to comprehend and adjust Japanese language in familiar contexts to convey cultural meaning
5. Years 3 and 4AC9LJ4C05create and present informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using formulaic expressions, simple sentences, modelled textual conventions, hiragana with the chart as support, and familiar kanji appropriate to context
6. Years 7 and 8AC9LJ8C01initiate and sustain exchanges in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to students’ experiences, feelings and views, adjusting their language in response to others
7. Years 7 and 8AC9LJ8C02collaborate in activities that involve the language of transaction, negotiation and problem-solving to plan projects and events
8. Years 7 and 8AC9LJ8C03interpret information, ideas and opinions in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond appropriately to cultural context, purpose and audience
9. Years 7 and 8AC9LJ8C04interpret and adjust non-verbal, spoken and written language to convey meaning in Japanese language in familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts
10. Years 7 and 8AC9LJ8C05create and present spoken, written and multimodal, informative and imaginative texts for specific purposes, selecting vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures, textual conventions and features, and combinations of kana and familiar kanji appropriate to context
11. Years 7 and 8AC9LJ8EC01interact with others using modelled language to exchange information in familiar contexts about self and personal world
12. Years 7 and 8AC9LJ8EC02develop language to interact in exchanges, routines, tasks and responsibilities related to classroom and interests
13. Years 7 and 8AC9LJ8EC03engage in modelled non-verbal, spoken and written exchanges with peers to organise activities relating to daily life and school environment
14. Years 7 and 8AC9LJ8EC04locate and process information and ideas in familiar spoken, written and multimodal texts, responding in ways appropriate to cultural context, purpose and audience
15. Years 7 and 8AC9LJ8EC05develop and begin to apply strategies to interpret, translate and convey meaning in Japanese in familiar contexts
16. Years 7 and 8AC9LJ8EC06create spoken, written and multimodal, informative and imaginative texts for familiar contexts and purposes using appropriate vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures and some textual conventions, and hiragana and katakana with support of the chart and some familiar kanji