AC9LCH2U03

Elaborations

• AC9LCH2U03_E1noticing that simple statements in Chinese tend to follow the same word order as in English; subject+verb+object
• AC9LCH2U03_E2discussing the placement of words in Chinese, for example, ‘happy’ in English ‘Happy Birthday’ and ‘Happy New Year’ versus 生日快乐, 新年快乐
• AC9LCH2U03_E3<p>comparing the vowel sounds of English with the main vowel sounds of Chinese, such as <em>a, e, i, o</em> and <em>u</em>, to develop awareness</p>
• AC9LCH2U03_E4developing number knowledge and identifying the similarities and differences between using cardinal and ordinal numbers in Chinese and English, for example, comparing十一 with 11, and comparing 第一 with first
• AC9LCH2U03_E5<p>comparing bilingual texts (picture books, multimedia texts, songs, cartoons, etc.), noticing similarities and differences, such as features of punctuation and text organisation across languages, for example, <em>Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star</em> 《小星星》</p>
• AC9LCH2U03_E6recognising that languages use words borrowed from other languages, and that many English and French words are used in Chinese such as 汉堡包, 咖啡, 可乐, 巴士
• AC9LCH2U03_E7learning metalanguage for word types, for example, exploring what are considered verbs in English and adjectival verbs in Chinese 天天打篮球的哥哥长高了。