Chinese: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Foundation to Level 2 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Recognise Chinese characters as a form of writing and Pinyin as the spelled-out sounds of spoken Chinese
Elaborations
differentiating Chinese characters from other forms of written expression, for example, the Roman alphabet, visual images (drawing)
recognising that each character has meaning, and exploring the connection between meaning and form, for example, pictographs such as 人 (‘person’), 日 (‘sun’)
examining which initials and finals can be guessed from English, for example, ‘mama’ as opposed to ‘gege’
copying or tracing characters with attention to stroke order and direction
identifying syllables that make up Chinese words, such as 小/老/鼠 (xiǎo/lǎo/shǔ), and understanding that words such as 熊猫 (xióng māo) have two syllables, with each syllable having a meaning
making connections between words sharing a common syllable/morpheme, for example, 小狗、小猫、小朋友
building new words by combining familiar meanings such as 红+苹果
