Chinese: Background Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Communicating / Reflecting
Content description
Reflect on how conventions of speech and particular Chinese cultural concepts can influence communication style when using both Chinese and English
Elaborations
differentiating language when engaging with participants from different cultural backgrounds, for example, opening a speech in Chinese with 中国有一句俗语… when in English they would open a speech with a joke
describing appropriate ways to engage with others in different contexts, for example, ‘I socialise with my friends who speak Chinese in … ways, but I socialise with my friends who speak English in … ways’
