AC9LJ6U01

Elaborations

• AC9LJ6U01_E1pronouncing all the sounds in the kana chart, including voiced and unvoiced sounds, combined and long vowel sounds, and double consonants, for example, きって and りょうり
• AC9LJ6U01_E2recognising and discerning differences in hiragana sounds, for example, たて versus たって
• AC9LJ6U01_E3using the kana chart as reference, pronouncing some common katakana words, and using them in texts, for example, アイスクリーム、インターネット
• AC9LJ6U01_E4noticing the relationship between stress, pacing and meaning, and using appropriate intonation patterns for familiar language to exclaim, make a statement or ask a question, for example, demonstrating fluency in a paired speaking activity or reading a familiar story aloud, or drawing lines going up or down to indicate intonation in questions and statements
• AC9LJ6U01_E5building knowledge of kanji, including their origin from China, common radicals and compounds, and understanding that some of the same kanji can be pronounced differently when combined with other kanji, for example, 人、にん and じん
• AC9LJ6U01_E6understanding the use of furigana as a reading and pronunciation aid
• AC9LJ6U01_E7recognising that the hiragana used for some particles does not match its pronunciation, for example, ‘wa’ for は, ‘e’ for へ, ‘o/wo’ for を
• AC9LJ6U01_E8experimenting with using a keyboard with romaji input settings to type words or short sentences, and choosing matching hiragana or kanji appropriate to context