AC9LJ10EU01

Elaborations

• AC9LJ10EU01_E1developing oral fluency, exploring how rhythm, pitch and the use of connectives, interjections and gestures contribute to maintaining momentum and increasing confidence and engagement
• AC9LJ10EU01_E2understanding how to make appropriate pauses in a sentence, dividing the sentence into cohesive chunks to allow for the use of あいづち
• AC9LJ10EU01_E3understanding that many kanji have multiple readings and that there are 2 types of readings, that is, on-yomi (音; on ‘reading’ or ‘sound’), Chinese-style pronunciation, and kun-yomi (訓; kun ‘reading’ or ‘explanation’), Japanese style pronunciation; both on-yomi and kun-yomi can have multiple readings
• AC9LJ10EU01_E4explaining that some new notations have been devised over the years to account for the sounds of loan words, for example, ティ、ヴィ、ヴ
• AC9LJ10EU01_E5understanding and applying differences in the pronunciation of English and Japanese versions of loan words such as インターネット、セルフィ、ファストフード and pronouncing unfamiliar katakana words
• AC9LJ10EU01_E6using Japanese pitch and accent patterns, for example, practising high and low pitch type when pronouncing words and sentences, は↓し(chopstick) - high-low, は↑し(bridge) - low-high
• AC9LJ10EU01_E7recognising and applying patterns of intonation in Japanese, such as general formation of a down turning curve and a rising intonation when asking questions in plain or ましょう form, for example, 行く？、行きましょうか。
• AC9LJ10EU01_E8applying knowledge of the sounds of Japanese, using romaji input on a keyboard to type texts in script, and choosing kanji appropriate to context