Chinese: Background Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Understanding / Role of language and culture
Content description
Explain how communicative practices are influenced by engagement with different languages and cultures
Elaborations
exploring uses and meanings of word categories (such as colours, celebrations, animals) across languages and cultures, for example, the assumption in Australia that a cake with candles must be a birthday cake; the use of colours to reflect mood
analyse culture-specific values in Chinese (such as face, harmony, group identity), and explore how these are applied in own language use, for example expressing modesty and respect through the expression 多多指教
identifying words used with specific assumptions, for example, gender (英俊 is used to describe males), significance (会见 versus 见面), formality (光临 versus 来到)
