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• VCJAC113

  Convey factual information about self, family, friends and significant objects, using simple statements, gestures and support materials

  Elaborations

  • using digital technologies to help label and name personal items, classroom objects and shared resources, for example, ほん、きょうしつ、つくえ、いす、まど
  • using simple sentence structures, familiar vocabulary, concrete materials and appropriate gestures to provide information about self and immediate environment, for example, ぼく　の　えんぴつ　です。いぬ　が　すき　です。
  • presenting spoken information related to significant objects, using phrases such as わたし/ぼく　の noun　です。 adjective　です。これ　は　noun　です。
  • expressing factual information about qualities such as colour あか、あお、しろ、くろ、きいろ、 number 一(いち)～百(ひゃく)、size おおきい、ちいさい and shape まる、さんかく、しかく
  • making simple spoken statements about friends, family or favourite characters, for example, げんき、やさしい、おもしろい、つよい、しずか, using images or support materials

  VCJAC113 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Informing

• VCJAC117

  Create simple print or digital bilingual texts for the classroom environment, such as captions, labels and wall charts

  Elaborations

  • performing simple presentations for the school community that involve both Japanese and English language elements, such as a contribution to an assembly performance for Grandparents’ Day
  • creating bilingual wall charts or picture dictionaries with captions, stickers and simple descriptions in English to explain Japanese words and expressions that have particular cultural meaning
  • writing parallel captions in Japanese and English for a photographic display of a class event such as a sports carnival or pets’ day or about a topic such as caring for the school environment
  • creating sets of word cards in English and Japanese and playing matching games such as Memory or Snap

  VCJAC117 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Translating

• VCJAC109

  Exchange greetings and introduce and share information about self with the teacher and peers using simple language and gestures

  Elaborations

  • learning how to greet others at different times of the day using appropriate gestures and forms of address, for example, せんせい、おはようございます、さようなら、おはよう、じゃあね
  • using culturally appropriate titles, forms of address and levels of politeness in everyday interactions with the teacher and peers, for example, Smith せんせい、ありがとう　ございます。 Tom くん、ありがとう。Alisa さん、おめでとう。
  • introducing self, using formal spoken language and appropriate non-verbal language such as bowing, for example, はじめまして、Hana　です。どうぞよろしく。
  • using formulaic Japanese phrases for everyday interactions such as giving and receiving, thanking, apologising and offering wishes or congratulations, for example, どうぞ、(どうも) ありがとう、すみません、がんばって
  • indicating likes and dislikes, using modelled statements such as いぬ　が　すき　です。わに　が　すき　じゃない　です。
  • describing friends, favourite things and objects, using visual, concrete and digital support material, for example, これ　は　ねずみ　です。ちいさい　です。かわいい　です。 はいいろ　です。 すいか　です。おいしい　です。 ちいさい　目(め)　です。
  • responding to questions and indicating ownership, for example, だれ　の　ですか。わたし　の　です。Ollie くん/ Sarah さん　の　です 。わたし　の　えんぴつ（です）。
  • using formulaic expressions to convey emotions, for example, すごい、え～！、 かわいい、 やったー！

  VCJAC109 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCJAC115

  Participate in shared performances and presentations of stories, songs, chants and rhymes

  Elaborations

  • re-enacting or retelling simple stories or interactions with puppets, props, actions or gestures, using modelled language such as おむすびころりん、ももたろう
  • creating digital texts based around familiar contexts and characters using pictures and captions
  • creating/re-creating simple songs, poems and rhymes using spoken and written language as well as non-verbal forms of support such as clapping, gestures and facial expressions

  VCJAC115 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Creating

• VCJAC111

  Participate in classroom routines such as addressing and responding to the teacher, opening and closing of lessons, transition activities, following instructions, thanking and asking for help, using appropriate gestures and behaviour

  Elaborations

  • participating as a group in classroom routines such as opening and closing lessons, for example, せんせい、おはようございます。さようなら。, using appropriate gestures
  • understanding and responding to questions using まる/ばつ (○×) and はい/いいえ
  • understanding and responding to classroom instructions to play games, complete work or get ready for class, for example, たって　ください、すわって　ください、かいて　ください、みて　　ください、よんで　ください、きいて　ください。
  • requesting classroom objects, for example, noun　を　ください、えんぴつ　が　あります　か。 はい、どうぞ。
  • giving one another reminders such as しずかに、すわって, using appropriate gestures
  • participating in routine exchanges such as responding to the class roll and apologising for arriving late, for example, はい、います。Tia さん　は、いません。やすみ　です。おくれて　すみません。

  VCJAC111 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCJAU121

  Recognise and copy some hiragana and a few high-frequency kanji

  Elaborations

  • understanding that the Japanese language uses three different scripts depending on word origins and the context of language use
  • understanding that one kana represents a basic unit of Japanese sound
  • understanding that each individual kanji represents meaning as well as sounds, for example, 日(ひ)、日(び)、日(にち), whereas one kana or one letter of the English alphabet does not represent individual meaning
  • recognising some kanji, for example, numbers and 象形文字(しょうけいもじ) (pictographs) such as 山(やま)、川(かわ)、口(くち)、目(め)、上(うえ)
  • recognising the 46 basic hiragana, using supports such as mnemonic clues
  • tracing and copying kanji and kana
  • tracing and copying their own name in katakana or hiragana
  • identifying known hiragana within a word and using that to predict the meaning
  • noticing that Japanese can be written vertically or horizontally

  VCJAU121 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCJAU122

  Understand the structure of basic sentences in Japanese and recognise some key elements of Japanese grammar

  Elaborations

  • knowing common forms of greetings, for example, おはようございます、おはよう, and noticing the different levels of formality
  • identifying gender-specific pronouns わたし and ぼく
  • understanding the use of common suffixes such as さん or くん or titles such as せんせい to address and refer to other people, for example, Luke くん and White せんせい
  • understanding basic word order in simple sentences, for example, noun　が　すき です。りんご　が　すき　です。, adjective + noun　です。 おおきい　いぬ　です。
  • understanding how to specify items using the possessive particle の, for example, わたし　 の　 かぞく、 Sarah さん　の　ほん、おばあさん　 の　いえ
  • referring to numbers of things using cardinal numbers 0–100: 一(いち)、二(に)、三(さん) …百(ひゃく)
  • learning to describe the colour あお　です。size おおきい　です。 and shape まる　です。of things
  • understanding different question words such as だれ、なに、どこ and the sentence-ending particle か
  • recognising and responding to a request using verb 　ください, for example, きいて　ください。and すわって　ください。
  • indicating affirmative and negative responses using はい and いいえ
  • using some culturally specific parallel phrases related to giving and receiving, for example, どうぞ and ありがとう
  • learning to use common onomatopoeia such as ぺこぺこ and わんわん
  • building vocabulary to describe and label familiar and immediate objects and environments

  VCJAU122 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCJAU124

  Recognise that there are differences in how language is used in different cultural and social contexts, such as ways of greeting and addressing people

  Elaborations

  • exploring how language is used differently in Japanese to reflect different relationships, for example, parent–child exchanges おはよう、いってらっしゃい、いってきます、ただいま、おかえり, communication with peers なに？, and teacher–child interactions なんですか。
  • understanding that language use varies according to the context and situation, for example, こんにちは。and もしもし。
  • understanding that language forms such as greetings vary according to the time of day or the occasion, for example, おはよう、こんにちは、こんばんは
  • understanding that language used in particular interactions can vary between cultural contexts, for example, the use of titles in Japanese (～さん、～せんせい) compared to the informal use of names in Australian English

  VCJAU124 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCJAU120

  Recognise sounds and rhythms of spoken Japanese, and learn how sounds are produced and represented in the three different scripts

  Elaborations

  • recognising the concept of the basic unit of sound in Japanese (‘mora’: モーラ or 拍(はく)), for example, いいえ has three moras
  • understanding that the independent nasal sound ‘n’ (ん) has a mora of its own, for example, こんにちは
  • understanding that when pronouncing Japanese it is important to keep the length of each mora even
  • noticing that statements and questions have different intonation patterns

  VCJAU120 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCJAU123

  Understand that language is organised as ‘text’, and that different types of texts, such as storybooks, songs, chants, labels or rhymes, have different features

  Elaborations

  • understanding texts as different forms of communication that are spoken, written, digital or visual, and recognising that they can be very short, for example, たって, or much longer, for example, たって　ください。
  • recognising that different types of texts have different features, for example, repetition and rhythm in action songs and chants
  • beginning to use metalanguage to talk about texts, identifying and naming familiar types of texts, such as ‘story’, ‘list’, ‘song’, ‘rhyme’ and ‘tongue twister’, and describing features, for example, stories usually have a story starter (むかしむかし), while songs usually have rhyming and the repetition of words
  • noticing how texts such as storybooks are sequenced and organised, for example, by identifying the main title and the connections between pictures and text

  VCJAU123 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCJAU125

  Recognise that Japanese and English borrow words and expressions from each other and from other languages

  Elaborations

  • noticing that languages borrow words from one another and that both Japanese and Australian English include many words and expressions from other languages
  • recognising that Japanese uses many loan words from English and other languages, such as ペン、テレビ、ピンク, and that these are pronounced differently by Japanese speakers
  • recognising that English loan words in Japanese are written in katakana and sound like a familiar word in English, for example, レモン、ピザ、アイスクリーム
  • creating a class record of Japanese words that are used in English and other languages, such as ‘judo’, ‘origami’, ‘sushi’ and ‘manga’, and comparing how these words are pronounced in the two languages

  VCJAU125 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCJAU126

  Understand that language and culture are closely connected

  Elaborations

  • exploring the meaning of ‘culture’, how it involves visible elements, such as ways of eating or symbols such as flags, and invisible elements, such as how people live, how they think about themselves and others and how they relate to their environment
  • understanding that learning and using Japanese involves becoming familiar with some different ways of communicating, for example, いただきます、ごちそうさま, and also some ways of thinking about things and behaving that may be unfamiliar
  • noticing similarities and differences between classroom interactions in Japanese and English, for example, referring to the teacher using only せんせい
  • understanding that culture and cultural behaviours are woven into languages and cannot be separated from them, for example, it is possible to bow without a spoken greeting in Japanese but not to greet without bowing

  VCJAU126 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCKOC123

  Create labels, captions or short statements in Korean and English for the immediate learning environment and for familiar objects or images

  Elaborations

  • creating a bilingual picture dictionary for their classroom use
  • matching Korean and English texts, for example, name tags of friends in Korean and English
  • creating bilingual captions in Korean and English for a photographic display using digital technologies to show parents or others about a class event or experience such as sports day, school camp or pets day

  VCKOC123 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Translating

• VCKOC118

  Locate specific words and expressions in simple texts such as signs, titles and captions, and use information to complete guided oral and written tasks

  Elaborations

  • using a variety of skills such as labelling, matching, clicking and dragging, drawing, miming and actions to locate and use information
  • locating and using information to describe, name, draw and trace, for example, 머리, 손. 발
  • classifying and categorising information gained from others, such as about favourite foods, for example, 미셸은 피자를 좋아해요
  • using contextual and visual cues while reading with the teacher, for example, using illustrations and printed/audio narrations when reading Big Books or digital books

  VCKOC118 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Informing

• VCKOC122

  Translate familiar words and phrases, using visual cues and word lists, explaining the meaning of particular words, gestures and expressions

  Elaborations

  • noticing words in Korean and English that have the same meaning, such as 테니스,컴퓨터, 코알라 and considering why
  • recognising that every language has its own words, sounds and gestures to make meaning
  • using Korean and/or English to name familiar objects and conduct simple conversations, translating when necessary to help others understand
  • sharing and interpreting simple expressions and songs with friends and family, for example, showing them how to sing학교 종, 생일 노래

  VCKOC122 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Translating

• VCKOC115

  Interact and socialise with peers and teacher to greet, introduce themselves and give basic personal information

  Elaborations

  • greeting the teacher and peers using appropriate expressions and body language, for example, 안녕하세요? 안녕? 만나서 반가워요
  • introducing themselves using 저는…이에요/예요 as a set phrase
  • asking about and expressing likes/dislikes using simple language such as 뭐 좋아해요? 고양이를 좋아해요

  VCKOC115 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCKOC116

  Engage in guided group activities and simple exchanges such as playing games; group singing or dancing; contributing ideas through key words, images, mimes

  Elaborations

  • participating in group singing and chanting and performing actions, for example, 가나다 노래, 안녕 노래
  • making simple requests using … 주세요 and expressing thanks, 고맙습니다
  • providing descriptions of familiar objects or people, for example, 마이클이에요, 코예요
  • following instructions for language games such as pass the message, 코코코 놀이

  VCKOC116 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCKOC117

  Interact in familiar classroom routines and follow simple classroom instructions

  Elaborations

  • using ... 있어요/없어요 and 네/아니요 to interact with the teacher in routine exchanges such as roll call
  • responding with appropriate actions to the teacher’s simple instructions such as 따라하세요, 일어나세요, 앉으세요,인사하세요
  • asking questions and responding to the teacher and peers by using 뭐예요? …이에요/예요
  • using 안녕하세요?; 안녕히 가세요/계세요, to greet or to take leave

  VCKOC117 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCKOC124

  Notice aspects of Korean language and culture that are ‘new’, sharing how interacting in Korean can be different to interacting in own language/s

  Elaborations

  • noticing that there are different ways to greet people in Korean, recognising their similarities and differences to those in their own language and culture
  • familiarising themselves with simple spoken exchanges in Korean, including how to use appropriate gestures, for example, how to bow and make hand gestures when saying 안녕하세요?
  • describing how it feels to use Korean, for example, when singing a song or hearing Korean spoken by others
  • including some Korean words and expressions in English conversation when it feels appropriate (for example, 네, 선생님, 고맙습니다), noticing changes in behaviour or body language when speaking Korean

  VCKOC124 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Reflecting

• VCKOC121

  Create captions to images for individual presentation and participate in shared performances and imaginative activities using familiar words, phrases and language patterns

  Elaborations

  • creating own version of a story by sequencing a series of pictures with captions or by creating a storyboard with labels using modelled language, for example, 안녕하세요?; … 있어요? 네, 있어요 / 아니요, 없어요; 고맙습니다
  • performing songs, rhymes and action stories using non-verbal forms of expression such as clapping, gestures and facial expressions to support the making of meaning
  • creating and presenting own Big Books, storyboards or digital texts based on imaginary scenarios in familiar contexts, for example, 곰 세 마리

  VCKOC121 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Creating