Chinese: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Compare the purposes, text structures and language features of traditional and contemporary texts
Elaborations
exploring the use of repetition to add emphasis and strengthen ideas, for example, 不同的国家有不同的文化
viewing different types of texts on similar topics and recognising differences in discourse of oral and written texts, especially language used, such as 昨天街上人很多。昨天街上人山人海
analysing features of text structure (for example, layout, expression and tone) and rhetorical devices (for example, metaphor and exaggeration) used to convey a persuasive argument or position
