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Content description VCZHU060

Chinese: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Identify and apply features of Chinese grammar and sentence structure to organise and sequence ideas in oral and written texts
Elaborations
  1. comparing ways in which tense is expressed in Chinese, for example, to indicate completion; to indicate the achievement of a desired result; to indicate intention; verb negation (没有) to indicate incomplete past; and 正在 to indicate action in progress
  2. exploring the use of diverse time expressions and ways to sequence events in time, for example, 先…然后; 一…就…; …了,就…;才; 第一;然后
  3. comparing the functions of prepositions, and discussing the importance of context when determining their meaning in texts, for example, 跟;对;给
  4. exploring and applying the use of conjunctions to sequence and connect ideas when constructing texts, for example, 不但…而且…;虽然…但是…
  5. using different ways to negate ideas depending on degree of formality or emphasis, for example, 我不是…;我哪儿有…?;我没有办法…;我不能…;不行; 别 ; 不准
Code
VCZHU060
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