Japanese: F–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Content description
Analyse variations in language use that reflect different social and cultural contexts, purposes and relationships
Elaborations
applying an understanding of Japanese values such as respect (内/外) by making appropriate language choices, for example, using ご/お prefixes, and plain or polite forms, and recognising characteristics of formal/informal registers
evaluating how language choices reflect social relations and priorities, such as using expressions that deflect praise of self or own family to show modesty, for example, 日本語がじょうずですね。いいえ、ぜんぜん。
noticing differences in text structure and grammar between formal and informal Japanese language use, such as abbreviations, dropping of particles and emphatic intonation in informal communication such as face-to-face interactions, blogs, emails and other forms of correspondence, for example, あした行く？/先生、あした行きますか。うん、わかった。/はい、わかりました。それは何？/山中さん、それは何ですか。
comparing verbal and non-verbal elements of communication in different languages and cultural contexts, such as ways of disagreeing or responding to thanks, or the use of gestures, facial expressions or あいづち/silence
