Chinese: Background Language Learner 7–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Content description
Explore the significance of tradition in 名人名言 and 经典 and examine contemporary influences on language use
Elaborations
reading texts in traditional characters on familiar topics and inferring meaning of key characters
predicting the meaning of texts in traditional characters encountered in everyday contexts by relating the character’s simplified version, for example, 匾 in a tourist site
discussing the influences on their own Chinese language use (for example, from TV, family or Chinese school) and how their language use compares to that of their parents and other Chinese speakers
analysing how new words and concepts are developed and incorporated into daily use, for example, in contemporary media such as TV dramas, music and film
exploring samples of classical texts such as 《论语》 and recognising the impact of classical Chinese on contemporary written language, for example, the use of 岂， 于
listing famous quotes from traditional literature, such as famous lines from poems, and using these in their own writing
identifying examples of 成语 in writing by students of Chinese, discussing the effect of this usage and then identifying any errors made, such as in the sentence 我要休息一下，要不然有个三长两短就不好了
