Chinese: Background Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Communicating / Reflecting
Content description
Reflect on own intercultural experiences, and contrast ways in which people of different generations, genders and linguistic backgrounds use language and respond to different experiences
Elaborations
recognising own tendency to generalise or stereotype during interactions (for example, 地域歧视), being sensitive to the possibility of causing offence to others in interaction, and considering questions to ask about the other person’s cultural background, for example, 你父母是大陆人吗?, 你父母的老家在中国甚么地方?
participating in cultural events, and reflecting on cultural similarities and differences, and on how cultural practices change in a different context, for example, 我们家不过中秋节,因为大家都觉得不太重要。母亲节那天我们全家去爷爷奶奶家一起吃饭
being aware of how own ideas may be perceived by others based on language choice, including code-switching, for example, 我妈妈不喜欢我说汉语时夹着英语,但是我和朋友经常这样说,她也经常这样说。有的时候姥姥听不懂,我就会想想全部用汉语该怎么说