AC9L1F4C04 Years 3 to 4 Languages

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

Elaborations

• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration translating and matching words to describe family and relationships in [Language] and English, finding examples of words that have no [Language] or English equivalents
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration creating bilingual/multilingual texts to promote school or community events, such as invitations, brochures, digital presentations, posters, maps and newsletter items
• • Elaboration creating bilingual/multilingual resources for buddy classes, for example, stories, animations or vocabulary games
• • Elaboration creating bilingual/multilingual texts such as cartoons, songs and photo stories, reflecting on how different meanings are communicated in different languages for different audiences