Japanese: 7–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Identify textual conventions of familiar spoken, written and multimodal types of texts
Elaborations
recognising structures and key features of familiar types of texts such as めいし、 emails, conversations, speeches, advertisements, stories and songs, identifying formulaic expressions and comparing with similar texts in English, for example, by comparing ways of answering the phone or starting and ending a letter
identifying how certain types of texts are typically constructed, for example, the use of particular layouts, visual images and grammatical features in advertisements, manga or brochures
understanding that the format of Japanese texts can include either たてがき or よこがき、 according to the context, purpose and intended audience
understanding how to create textual cohesion, using elements such as paragraphing or conjunctions to sequence and link ideas and to maintain the flow of expression, for example, そして、それから、 でも
understanding conventions associated with using げんこうようし、 for example, the size of small characters, the position in the square and the placing of punctuation
