Vietnamese: F–10 Sequence / Levels 3 and 4 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Content description
Explore how language use varies according to the age, gender and relationship of participants and the context
Elaborations
identifying how language choices reflect politeness and respect, for example, Vietnamese children greet their grandparents by saying Cháu chào ông bà ạ, not Tôi chào ông bà
observing different ways of showing politeness in different contexts and between different participants, for example, requesting (làm ơn, cảm phiền), thanking (chân thành cảm ơn, thành thật cảm ơn, cảm ơn nhiều), bending when passing people, folding arms and/or nodding while greeting people
making adjustments to language use when interacting with family and friends, for example, using personal pronouns that relate to a person’s position in the family or to family relationships (chị/cô/bà, anh/ông, anh Hai, chị Ba, cô Tư …)
exploring the diversity of Vietnamese nouns, pronouns and adjectives that are used to express gender and age, for example, anh/chị, đàn ông/đàn bà, con gái/con trai, gà trống/gà mái, chó đực/chó cái, heo con, bê
