AC9LC8U01

Elaborations

• AC9LC8U01_E1experimenting with rhythm, voice, emotion and gesture to convey the intended sentiment and meaning of songs and rhymes to enhance performance
• AC9LC8U01_E2recognising and using features of the Chinese sound system, discriminating use of tones, rhythm and sound flow, for example, differentiating pronunciation, intonation and stress when listening to short texts 四是四, 十是十, 十四是十四, 四十是四十
• AC9LC8U01_E3listening to interactions between unfamiliar voices at diverse speeds or levels of clarity to develop auditory and comprehension skills, for example, discriminating between the range of vowel and consonant combinations, ‘qin’ versus ‘qing’ and ‘chi’ versus ‘ci’
• AC9LC8U01_E4analysing characters containing a common component or side, for example, explaining the features of position, phonetic function and range of sounds in the characters 请, 清, 情, 晴, 精, 睛, 猜
• AC9LC8U01_E5estimating the probable sound and meaning of characters based on understanding of familiar components and phonetic sides when reading unfamiliar texts, for example, 鸡, 鸭, 鹅 and 爸, 吧, 把
• AC9LC8U01_E6examining the diverse meanings of words that share similar sounds such as the many meanings of the sound ‘shi’, and learning how to differentiate between 同音词 and 近音词 in different contexts, for example, 买东西 and 卖东西
• AC9LC8U01_E7exploring changes in neutral tone and identifying patterns to aid their own pronunciation and flow of expression, for example, demonstrating understanding the use of neutral tone for the second syllable when it repeats or does not contribute to the meaning of the first syllable 妈妈, 孩子