AC9L1AU10C02 Year 9 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 Languages provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

contribute to discussions that involve diverse views to negotiate outcomes, debate issues and compare experiences

Elaborations

• 1 working in groups to achieve a successful outcome for a hypothetical scenario, for example, ‘What 10 items would we agree to take to a deserted island?’
• 2 planning questions and responses to interview an Auslan user about their experiences or opinions on selected topics, such as a discussion around recommended actions to improve the school or local area
• 3

  negotiating with a peer on how to improve a task, for example,

  GOOD PRO1(PL) THINK (CONTEMPLATE) TRY-OUT SWAP?

  It’s good we thought about it. Why don’t we try swapping?

• 4

  working with peers to plan key points for an argument in a debate, using space and NMFs to contrast views and interactional strategies, for example,

  PRO2 CONFUSE. PRO1(PL) REVISE

  I’ve confused you; let’s do that again …

  PT+lf BELIEVE WHAT … PT+rt OPPOSITE BELIEVE WHAT … PT+c PRO1 BELIEVE …

  They believe … but they believe … I believe …

• 5 planning and presenting a group task, for example, a speech to celebrate, commemorate or acknowledge a significant person or event
• 6 negotiating what to include in an informative signed resource for the school website or other media, using language to prioritise features for the target audience, for example, about events such as the National Week of Deaf People (NWDP)
• 7 discussing how to explain a procedural text, using abstract space such as instructions on how to use a lawn mower, a washing machine or a digital tool

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