Japanese: F–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Understanding / Role of language and culture
Content description
Understand that Japanese language and culture, like all languages and cultures, are interrelated, both shaping and reflecting each other
Elaborations
explaining language associated with familiar routines that reflects cultural values, for example, きりつ、れい and しつれいします。
interpreting the significance of differences in family kinship terms when referring to one’s own or others’ family, for example, 父/お父さん、あね/おねえさん
reflecting on the cultural significance of the presentation of information in simple Japanese texts, for example, じこしょうかい, how the ordering of information on business cards (company, title, surname, given name) reflects the relative importance of company/collective, family and individual status
explaining language used in Japanese interactions that reflects humility or deference, for example, expressions used to refuse or deflect praise of self or family, or to defer to others
considering how and why Japanese speakers use conversational strategies to avoid conflict, such as using indirect or softened language, for example, もうすこし がんばりましょう。
comparing core cultural concepts reflected in Japanese language, such as 和 (‘harmony’), with similarly significant cultural concepts reflected in some Australian terms or expressions, for example, mateship
