AC9L1F10U01 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor apply features and conventions of spoken [Language] to extend fluency in response to a range of contexts, purposes and audience

Elaborations

• • Elaboration reading aloud extended texts using appropriate pauses, emphasis, intonation, stress and tone to enhance and convey meaning
• • Elaboration reading aloud a Creation, Dreamtime, Dreaming or traditional story to a wider audience, to model authentic spoken language and share and strengthen connections with Country/Place and Peoples, for example, at NAIDOC events
• • Elaboration applying the rules and conventions of speech-sound combinations, such as sets of vowel and consonant phonemes and rules for word stress
• • Elaboration acknowledging and understanding that there are similarities and differences in Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, and discussing how unique sounds are connected with Country/Place and Peoples
• • Elaboration understanding the major place of articulation categories in Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, for example, articulation at lip or soft palate, involving the flat of the tongue and position of the tongue in relation to teeth, and obstructing the air passage with tip of the tongue, and recognising their realisation across different languages and regions in Australia
• • Elaboration applying their knowledge of a range of alphabetic and punctuation conventions, supported by their grammatical and vocabulary knowledge, to transcribe speech sounds, syllables and words in [Language]
• • Elaboration using digital tools to source recordings of the rhythm and intonation patterns of other Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, to analyse and discuss the diversity of sound in their findings