Chinese: Background Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Content description
Explain how gender, social class and age affect language use in formal and informal contexts
Elaborations
exploring different levels of formality involving a range pf settings and participants
viewing a variety of blogs and comparing language use in order to hypothesise about the age and gender of the authors
comparing informal interactions such as live interviews with studio discussions about an issue on news and current affairs programs
considering the impact of using formal language in establishing one’s authority or to display knowledge on a topic
reading extracts of 古典小说, such as 《水浒传》, and noticing how language use differs from contemporary speech, for example, 史进道： 小人大胆， 敢问官人高姓大名？ 那人道：洒家是经略府提辖， 姓鲁， 讳个达字。 敢问阿哥，你姓什么？
converting informal spoken language into formal register to suit particular purposes, and experimenting with terms such as 明文规定 and 众所周知
