AC9LJ8EU01

Elaborations

• AC9LJ8EU01_E1pronouncing hiragana and katakana sounds, including voiced and unvoiced forms and all combined sounds (contractions and blends)
• AC9LJ8EU01_E2recognising that in the copula です, and the verb suffix ます, the 'u' is devoiced in normal speech
• AC9LJ8EU01_E3understanding the system of Japanese sound combinations: Japanese has 5 vowels; a vowel can be attached to all consonants except ん, and the basic unit of sound of Japanese is mora
• AC9LJ8EU01_E4understanding that the sounds of hiragana and katakana are identical even though the associated scripts are different
• AC9LJ8EU01_E5using available combinations of katakana to experiment with the Japanese pronunciation of loan words, for example, レストラン 、マクドナルド
• AC9LJ8EU01_E6becoming familiar with the rhythm of Japanese, recognising the concept of the ‘foot’ フット as the minimum unit of rhythm, 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
• AC9LJ8EU01_E7recognising the relationship between stress, pacing and meaning, and using appropriate intonation patterns for familiar language to exclaim, make statements or ask questions, for example, demonstrating fluency in reading a text aloud
• AC9LJ8EU01_E8applying knowledge of the sounds of Japanese by using a keyboard with romaji input to type modelled sentences and short paragraphs selecting hiragana, katakana or kanji appropriate to context