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• AC9LCH6U03_E1discussing aspects of grammar using metalanguage in Chinese or English, for example, 名词 (noun)， 动词 (verb), 形容词 (adjective), 主语 (subject), 谓语 (predicate), for example, discussing 汉语名词的复数形式是什么？
• AC9LCH6U03_E2identifying and comparing the language features of different text types in Chinese and English, such as the descriptive language in narratives or persuasive language in advertisements
• AC9LCH6U03_E3comparing the use of passive voice and active voice in Chinese and English, for example, passive voice such as, "The glass is broken" is usually used to describe things that have happened in English, while active voice such as 他把杯子摔坏了。 could also be used in Chinese
• AC9LCH6U03_E4comparing the structural features of familiar personal, informative and imaginative Chinese and English texts, for example, dates on diary entries and letters, greetings in emails or conversations, and titles of stories
• AC9LCH6U03_E5comparing different types of texts such as recipes, songs, stories, recounts or conversations, to identify audience and purpose, used in both Chinese and English
• AC9LCH6U03_E6creating comparative lists of vocabulary in Chinese and English which are used in different contexts, for example, the use of imperatives in a set of instructions, such as 起来！坐下！打开书！听并重复！, or the frequent use of time and place markers, such as 从前, 昨天, 今天, 明天, 下, in narratives
• AC9LCH6U03_E7understanding how to create textual cohesion by using elements such as adverbs of sequence, for example, 第一个, 第二个, 下一个, 然后, 最后一个 and conjunctions, for example, 和, 或者, 因为, 但是, to sequence and link ideas, and comparing how these work in English
• AC9LCH6U03_E8recognising grammatical features and how their use differs in Chinese and English, for example, recognising the lack of articles in Chinese and that adjectives can be used as verbs 老师高兴了。, using text extracts to identify parts of speech such as nouns and verbs by circling them in a nominated colour
• AC9LCH6U03_E9comparing the use of tenses in Chinese and English, for example, in Chinese future tense is often expressed through time phrases 我明天去北京, 下个星期去上海 and verbs convey tense without verb conjugation, for example, explaining why 有 can mean ‘have’, ‘had’ and ‘will have’, and comparing with English