Content description VCZHU203

Chinese: Background Language Learner 7–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Understanding / Systems of language

Content description

Identify features of individual characters and the form and function of components in individual characters and in related characters (for example, 心,想,情,闷), and learn to relate components (部件) and sides (偏旁) to the meaning and sound of characters

Elaborations

recognising subtle differences and the implications for sound and meaning when discriminating between characters of similar appearance, for example, 我 and 找
analysing the nature of components, and their arrangement and function in a range of characters, for example, fire （火/灬） and heart （心/忄） components
analysing common simple and compound characters and identifying the possible placement of specific radicals and components in a compound character, for example, the placement of 扌 on the left-hand side
recognising clues inherent in characters when attempting to map specific sounds and meanings onto correct character forms, for example, exploring the reliability of semantic and phonetic functions of components and sides regularly encountered in characters containing common elements such as 请、精、猜; 认、忍、任; 忍、想、思
categorising words containing a common morpheme to better understand the relationship between morphemes and specific word meanings, for example, using dictionaries to explore the range of words created from a common character morpheme such as 情 and 性
discriminating between the functions of morphemes with related meanings, for example, 餐-饭; 玩-做; 做-作

Code

VCZHU203

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