Chinese: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 3 and 4 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Content description
Identify the likely contexts and features of informal and formal conversations involving known participants of different ages, genders and social positions
Elaborations
comparing conversations between peers/friends with conversations between teachers/authorities, for example, 你/您； 坐吧！/请坐！
viewing and listening to the opening of conversations in a range of situations, and finding key words participants use, noticing how these chunks of language can change depending on the situatio
finding examples of the openings of informal and formal conversations in Chinese films, soap operas and children’s cartoons, and practising using these openings in conversation with teachers and friends
