Content description VCZHU240

Chinese: First Language Learner 7–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Understanding / Language variation and change

Content description

Explore assumptions and challenges for language use in new environments, identifying and comparing ways in which sensitive topics are introduced and discussed across languages, for example, comparing the Chinese custom of asking direct questions about age, income and other personal matters with the contexts in which these questions are asked in English

Elaborations

recognising clichés, examining cases of ‘breaking’ a cliché and the impact it might have, such as 脑筋建转弯 questions
identifying how language use can be varied for different participants in different contexts, for example, the use of slang and abbreviations between teenagers
using classical terms and expressions including 成语、歇后语、俗语 appropriate to context, such as using 亭亭玉立 to describe young girls
discussing ‘taboo’ terms across languages, and using terms suitable for the context, such as different words for 死 (‘to die’), for example, 驾崩 (皇帝)、仙逝（长辈 ) 、去世（一般人) 、香消玉殒 (女性)

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VCZHU240

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