AC9L1F4U03 Year 3 Languages

AC9L1F4U03 – Year 3 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

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

recognise familiar [Language] language features and compare with those of English, in known contexts

Elaborations

• becoming familiar with the conventions of a range of text types, for example, narratives, reports and instructions
• distinguishing the purpose of a text and its features, for example, a local story to teach a lesson with a beginning, middle and end, or a problem with a solution, or a seasonal calendar to teach knowledge of Country/Place and Peoples
• recognising language features such as metaphors and symbols typically associated with familiar texts, for example, using directional features in [Language] in a seasonal calendar or noticing how metaphors in stories relate back to the meaning
• investigating the purpose and use of gestures and hand signs, for example, for hunting, for recently bereaved, for communicating at a distance, and for restricting who can understand the message
• identifying differences between spoken and written texts, for example, comparing a written story with a spoken version of the same story

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.