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Year 1 Arabic Achievement Standard – Australian Curriculum v9
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Year 1 Arabic Achievement Standard – Australian Curriculum v9

This Achievement Standard describes what students are expected to know and do in Year 1 Languages by the end of the year. Teachers can use it to guide assessment design, collect evidence of learning, and ensure planning stays aligned with the Australian Curriculum v9.

What Students Should Know

By the end of Year 2, students use Arabic language to interact and share information related to the classroom and themselves. They use cues to respond to questions and instructions, and use simple formulaic language. They locate and convey key items of information in texts using non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They use familiar words and modelled language to create texts. They copy the letters and vowel marks of the Arabic alphabet to mark words.

Students imitate the sounds and rhythms of spoken Arabic. They demonstrate understanding that Arabic has conventions and rules for non-verbal communication, pronunciation and writing. They give examples of similarities and differences between some features of Arabic and English. They understand that language is connected with culture, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).

Content Descriptors by Strand

This standard is supported by 9 Content Descriptors:

Communicating meaning in Arabic

Interacting in Arabic

AC9LA2C01 recognise and respond to modelled classroom-related greetings, instructions and routines, and personal introductions AC9LA2C02 participate in a range of guided, play-based language activities using formulaic expressions, visual and spoken cues

Mediating meaning in and between languages

AC9LA2C03 locate, with support, key information in familiar texts, and respond using gestures, images, words and formulaic phrases AC9LA2C04 notice that language carries cultural meaning in classroom-related greetings, introductions, instructions and routines

Creating text in Arabic

AC9LA2C05 with support, connect letters and use vowel marks to form words, and use familiar phrases and modelled language to create spoken, written and multimodal texts

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

AC9LA2U01 recognise and imitate the sounds and rhythms of Arabic AC9LA2U02 recognise that the Arabic alphabet and features of language are used to construct meaning in Arabic AC9LA2U03 notice that Arabic has features that may be similar to or different from English

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

AC9LA2U04 notice that people use language in ways that reflect cultural practices

At a Glance

Strand Substrand CDs Elaborations
Communicating meaning in Arabic Interacting in Arabic 2 16
Communicating meaning in Arabic Mediating meaning in and between languages 2 15
Communicating meaning in Arabic Creating text in Arabic 1 10
Understanding language and culture Understanding systems of language 3 26
Understanding language and culture Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture 1 8
Total 9 75

Frequently Asked Questions

What should students know by the end of Year 1 Arabic?
By the end of Year 2, students use Arabic language to interact and share information related to the classroom and themselves. They use cues to respond to questions and instructions, and use simple formulaic language. They locate and convey key items of information in texts using non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They use familiar words and modelled language to create texts. They copy the letters and vowel marks of the Arabic alphabet to mark words. Students imitate the sounds and rhythms of spoken Arabic. They demonstrate understanding that Arabic has conventions and rules for non-verbal communication, pronunciation and writing. They give examples of similarities and differences between some features of Arabic and English. They understand that language is connected with culture, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).
How many Content Descriptors support this standard?
9 Content Descriptors support this Achievement Standard (Communicating meaning in Arabic: 2, Communicating meaning in Arabic: 2, Communicating meaning in Arabic: 1, Understanding language and culture: 3, Understanding language and culture: 1).
How does this compare to Foundation?
The Foundation Arabic standard (ASLANARAF10FY) covers the preceding year level. Standards build progressively, with Year 1 expectations extending what was introduced in Foundation.
Is this from the latest Australian Curriculum?
Yes, this Achievement Standard is from the Australian Curriculum version 9.0 (AC v9), the most current version published by ACARA.