AC9L1F8U05 Year 7 Languages

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.

reflect on and explain how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), and Country/Place, and how these impact on communication

Elaborations

• 1 reflecting on how First Nations Australians from different nations express their group identity, for example, through kinship, totems, practices and symbols such as a Welcome to Country, flags, Indigenous rounds in sporting competitions
• 2 reflecting on ways the [Language] community classifies natural and cultural worlds, and comparing these with other Indigenous and western systems of classification
• 3 understanding that culturally significant attitudes and beliefs conveyed through Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages are related to the past, to land, plants, animals and celebrations
• 4 understanding concepts related to cultural values in [Language], for example, naming systems, kinship terms, nicknames, substitute words and pronoun systems
• 5 reflecting on how their biography, including family origins, traditions, beliefs, practices, interests and experiences, shape their sense of identity and ways of communicating
• 6 discussing identity and connections with land, waters, sky and all living things, cultures and languages for the health and wellbeing of individuals and community
• 7 reflecting on how language is important in maintaining traditional culture and society in relation to First Nations peoples and to all Australians
• 8 discussing what might be future challenges facing First Nations Peoples in sustaining their languages, cultures and heritage in the context of a global world
• 9 identifying and discussing core cultural concepts reflected in Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, such as respect, avoidance, reciprocity, obligation and responsibility
• 10 considering how and why [Language] speakers use particular conversational strategies such as indirect language to avoid conflict
• 11 drawing on their own experiences of using [Language] and English in different contexts to consider how language can be empowering or inclusive
• 12 identifying and comparing how emotions or attitudes such as respect, confidence or happiness are expressed in local and regional languages and cultures
• 13 recognising that there are multiple views on and explanations for events and issues, and that these can influence identity
• 14 reflecting on ways culture is interpreted by others, for example, identifying how stereotypes influence perceptions among different groups and communities

Related Achievement Standards