AC9LJ4U01

Elaborations

• AC9LJ4U01_E1recognising that there are 5 vowels (a, i, u, e, o) and 19 distinct consonants in Japanese (k, g, s, sh, z, j, t, ch, ts, d, n, h, f, b, p, m, y, r, w) and that vowels can be attached to most consonants to produce a kana
• AC9LJ4U01_E2recognising sounds and pronouncing hiragana characters and words, including some long vowels, for example, おとうさん、大きい, voiced sounds, for example, かぞく、たべます, and blended sounds, for example, きょう、でしょう, with reference to support resources
• AC9LJ4U01_E3applying some differences in pronunciation of English and Japanese versions of loan words such as バナナ、ペット、サッカー in spoken texts
• AC9LJ4U01_E4recognising some variations in intonation, for example, rising intonation when a question is being asked or when something is an instruction or command, and using these intonation patterns in their own speech
• AC9LJ4U01_E5noticing some familiar kanji that may have more than one ‘sound’, for example, 日、人
• AC9LJ4U01_E6understanding that hiragana characters can be combined to represent words, learning how to use the chart, and recognising hiragana as a systematic framework for reading and writing
• AC9LJ4U01_E7recognising the concept of the minimum unit of rhythm in Japanese ‘foot’ or フット and that one foot in Japanese consists of 2 moras, for example, ごちそうさま is pronounced as a 3-foot word ごち・そう・さま