Skip to navigation Skip to main content

WS04 - Demonstrating and analysing Kaurna and Japanese languages

Languages, Japanese, Years 7 and 8 (Year 7 entry)

By the end of Year 8, students use Japanese language to interact and collaborate with others, and to share information and plan activities in familiar contexts. They respond to others’ contributions, and recognise familiar gestures, questions and instructions in exchanges. They locate and respond to information in texts and use non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They respond in Japanese or English, and demonstrate understanding of context, purpose and audience in texts. They use familiar language, and modelled sentence and grammatical structures to create texts, and demonstrate understanding of how some language reflects cultural practices. They use some familiar katakana and kanji, and hiragana, with support.

 

Students approximate Japanese sound patterns, intonation and rhythms, and recognise the relationship between spoken and written forms. They demonstrate understanding that Japanese has conventions and rules for scripts, non-verbal, spoken and written communication. They comment on aspects of Japanese and English language structures and features, using metalanguage. They demonstrate awareness that the Japanese language is connected with culture and identity, and how this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.

Communicating meaning in Japanese | Mediating meaning in and between languages

AC9LJ8EC05

develop and begin to apply strategies to interpret, translate and convey meaning in Japanese in familiar contexts

Communicating meaning in Japanese | Creating text in Japanese

AC9LJ8EC06

create spoken, written and multimodal, informative and imaginative texts for familiar contexts and purposes using appropriate vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures and some textual conventions, and hiragana and katakana with support of the chart and some familiar kanji

Understanding language and culture | Understanding systems of language

AC9LJ8EU01

recognise and use features of the Japanese sound system, including pitch, rhythm, stress, pronunciation and intonation, and demonstrate understanding of how these are represented in familiar contexts

Understanding language and culture | Understanding systems of language

AC9LJ8EU02

develop knowledge of, and use structures and features of the Japanese grammatical and writing systems to understand and create spoken, written and multimodal texts

Understanding language and culture | Understanding systems of language

AC9LJ8EU03

compare Japanese language structures and features with English, using familiar metalanguage

Understanding language and culture | Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

AC9LJ8EU04

recognise how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), beliefs, attitudes and values

Annotations

 These annotations are interactive and link to a specific timestamp in the video. x
1

Introduces herself, including her name, age and nationality.

 0.2 10 15 40
2

Expresses her likes and dislikes.

 10 14 15 40
3

Concludes the speech with a culturally appropriate expression, どうぞよろしく。

 14 17 15 40
4

Demonstrates a spoken comparison between the Japanese and Kaurna languages.

 17 29 15 40
Transcript

The transcript may not accurately reflect the language produced, including errors in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. To request a matching transcription, please contact ACARA at https://www.acara.edu.au/online-enquiry  with the language, band level and name of the work sample.

This work embodies the cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and/or traditional cultural expressions of the Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi Community. It was created with the consent of the custodians of the community.   

 

The Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi community has the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage in accordance with Article 31 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Dealing with any part of such materials for any purpose that has not been authorised by the custodians is a serious breach of the customary laws of the Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi community and may also breach the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). For enquiries about permitted reproductions of these materials, contact Jack Kanya Buckskin at 0416 050 546.  

Annotations

 

1. Shows awareness of phonological differences between languages.

 

2. Compares grammar patterns between Kaurna and Japanese.

 

3. Demonstrates understanding of the interrelationship between language and culture by considering the terms ‘alya’ and ‘san’.

4. Compares Japanese, Kaurna and English language structures and features.

 

5. Considers how language reflects cultural practices and values.