Year 9 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Achievement Standard – Australian Curriculum v9
This Achievement Standard describes what students are expected to know and do in Year 9 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 10, students contribute to and extend interactions in [Language] language related to diverse contexts and perspectives. They interpret and respond to texts by evaluating and synthesising information, ideas and perspectives. They show understanding of how features of language can be used to influence audience response. They create texts, selecting and manipulating language for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. They apply and use complex structures and language devices to enhance meaning and cohesion.
Students apply and adjust features and conventions of spoken [Language] to extend fluency. They demonstrate understanding of the conventions of spoken and written texts and the connections between them. They apply knowledge of language structures and features to make and predict meaning. They support analysis of [Language] texts, using metalanguage. They understand and apply protocols that relate to learning and using [Language] in their community. They reflect on their own cultural perspectives and identity, and draw on their experience of learning [Language], to evaluate how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.
Content Descriptors by Strand
This standard is supported by 10 Content Descriptors:
Communicating meaning in [Language]
Interacting in [Language]
AC9L1F10C01 initiate, sustain and extend exchanges in a range of contexts related to students’ own and others’ experiences of the world, adjusting their language in response to others AC9L1F10C02 contribute to discussions that involve diverse views to negotiate outcomes, address issues and compare experiencesMediating meaning in and between languages
AC9L1F10C03 evaluate and synthesise information, ideas and perspectives in a broad range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond appropriately to cultural context, purpose and audience AC9L1F10C04 interpret and translate non-verbal, spoken and written interactions and texts to reflect cultural context, purpose and audienceCreating text in [Language]
AC9L1F10C05 create and present informative and imaginative texts for diverse contexts and purposes, selecting vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures and a range of features and conventions to engage different audiencesUnderstanding language and culture
Understanding systems of language
AC9L1F10U01 apply features and conventions of spoken [Language] to extend fluency in response to a range of contexts, purposes and audience AC9L1F10U02 apply knowledge of grammatical structures and features to predict meaning and compose a range of texts that contains complex structures and ideas AC9L1F10U03 reflect on and evaluate [Language] texts, using metalanguage to analyse language structures and featuresUnderstanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity
AC9L1F10U04 understand and apply protocols associated with language learning and language using in cultural contexts AC9L1F10U05 reflect on and evaluate how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s) and Country/Place, and how these affect ways of communicatingAt a Glance
| Strand | Substrand | CDs | Elaborations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communicating meaning in [Language] | Interacting in [Language] | 2 | 22 |
| Communicating meaning in [Language] | Mediating meaning in and between languages | 2 | 22 |
| Communicating meaning in [Language] | Creating text in [Language] | 1 | 13 |
| Understanding language and culture | Understanding systems of language | 3 | 30 |
| Understanding language and culture | Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity | 2 | 20 |
| Total | 10 | 107 | |