Content description VCJAU174

Japanese: F–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Understanding / Systems of language

Content description

Understand that katakana is used for loan words, and that these words must be pronounced within the combinations of available Japanese sounds

Elaborations

accurately pronouncing all combinations of kana, including voiced and unvoiced elements, and all combined sounds (contractions and blends)
recognising that in the copula desu and the verb suffix masu, the ‘u’ is devoiced in normal speech
using available combinations of katakana to experiment with Japanese pronunciation of unfamiliar loan words, for example, ホワイトボード
understanding that some new combinations of sounds have been devised to allow for pronunciation of loan words, for example, ティ

Code

VCJAU174

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