AC9L1F8C01 Year 7 Languages

AC9L1F8C01 – Year 7 Languages: Interacting in [Language]

Strand

Communicating meaning in [Language]

Substrand

Interacting in [Language]

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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

initiate and sustain exchanges in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to Country/Place and students’ experiences, feelings and opinions, adjusting their language in response to others

Elaborations

• interacting in a range of contexts and situations that involve different ways of communicating, for example, using deferential speech styles with Elders and/or community members, maintaining kinship, moiety and cultural Lore in interactions, and more informal styles with close family members and peers
• developing language to support and extend discussion, for example, inviting opinions or further elaboration, clarifying or justifying their own statements and responding to others’ perspectives
• providing encouragement or critical feedback to others in constructive ways
• comparing personal reflections of shared past events or experiences, such as visiting a metropolitan centre, a school excursion or a camp, noticing differences in their responses and perspectives
• inviting Elders, community members or First Nations organisations to ask for advice and guidance regarding options to achieve future goals, aspirations and career paths
• discussing their role and involvement in community events such as men’s business and women’s business, if appropriate, ceremonial events, Sorry Business, local sport or celebrations
• participating in discussions on social, environmental or educational issues and advocating for benefits/improvements for their community, for example, the effects of mining, farming practices, commercial fishing or tourism on community life

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• expressing points of view regarding issues affecting Country/Place, such as managing feral animals, endangered animals, introduced species, water quality, infrastructure, public amenities and health care
• discussing with peers matters such as the intergenerational passing down of knowledge, the use of social media, the role of organisations in caring for Country/Place, and traditional land and sea/water management practices, and summarising points of view

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANFALFLLY78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students contribute to and maintain interactions in [Language] language in familiar and unfamiliar contexts related to a range of experiences and perspectives. They use [Language] to negotiate solutions, and adjust language in response to others. They interpret and analyse information, ideas and opinions in texts. They demonstrate understanding of similarities and differences among languages, in both familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts, by adjusting responses to suit context, purpose and audience. They select and use vocabulary, sentence structures and expressions, manipulating language to create texts. Students apply the conventions of spoken [Language] to extend fluency. They demonstrate understanding that spoken, written and multimodal texts use different language conventions, structures and features to convey meaning. They explain structures and features of [Language] text, using metalanguage. They reflect on how language Custodians pass down knowledge and cultural norms, and understand the protocols of maintaining and strengthening [Language]. They understand how these are interconnected with their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.