Content description ACLJAU124

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

[Key concepts: variation, context, culture; Key processes: exploring, identifying, comparing]

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

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Japanese language

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