AC9L1F4C04 Year 3 Languages

AC9L1F4C04 – Year 3 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Strand

Communicating meaning in [Language]

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 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.

Content Descriptor

develop strategies to comprehend and adjust [Language] language to convey cultural meaning

Elaborations

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translating short, simple spoken texts such as instructions or procedures, for example, how to make a coolamon or fish trap, or how to dig for honey ants, identifying words and phrases that have more than one meaning
• identifying concepts, practices and expressions in [Language] which do not easily translate into English, and vice versa, for example, the number system, time, terms for colour, daily and seasonal cycles, kinship terms and environmental sounds, and elements such as noises made by different birds
• translating and matching words to describe family and relationships in [Language] and English, finding examples of words that have no [Language] or English equivalents
• demonstrating and explaining to others elements of non-verbal communication in [Language] that require interpretation, such as silences, gestures or hand talk, facial expressions, eye contact or lip pointing
• creating bilingual/multilingual texts to promote school or community events, such as invitations, brochures, digital presentations, posters, maps and newsletter items
• creating bilingual/multilingual resources for buddy classes, for example, stories, animations or vocabulary games
• creating bilingual/multilingual texts such as cartoons, songs and photo stories, reflecting on how different meanings are communicated in different languages for different audiences

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 3 ASLANFALFLLY34

Year 3 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 4, students use [Language] language to initiate structured interactions to share information related to Country/Place, the learning environment and their personal worlds. They use familiar language to participate in spoken and written activities that involve planning and transacting. They locate and respond to key items of information in texts, using strategies to help interpret and convey meaning in familiar contexts. They use familiar and formulaic language, and basic syntax, to create texts. Students use the sounds, pronunciation and intonation patterns of spoken [Language]. They demonstrate understanding that [Language] has non-verbal, spoken and written language conventions and rules to create and make meaning. They recognise that some terms have cultural meanings. They identify patterns in [Language] and make comparisons between [Language] and English. They understand that the [Language] language is passed down from generation to generation by its Custodians and is connected with culture and identity. They identify how this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.