AC9L2F10C01 Year 9 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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.

initiate, sustain and extend exchanges in familiar and unfamiliar contexts related to students’ own and others’ experiences of the world, adjusting their language in response to others

Elaborations

• 1 using strategies to initiate and sustain interactions and conversations by seeking opinion and agreement, to excuse and apologise, clarify and make requests
• 2 acknowledging elements of others’ contributions in a respectful manner, in discussions about topics where participants have a variety of opinions
• 3 expressing and exchanging experiences and aspirations, such as encouraging peers to attend or participate in a creative, cultural or sporting event
• 4 apologising for misinterpreting or misunderstanding in interactions, for example, saying, 'I’m sorry' or 'I misunderstood what you meant' or equivalent in [Language]
• 5 engaging in face-to-face or online discussions with peers about shared cultural interests, practices and experiences, such as land management, food systems and trade routes
• 6 initiating and sustaining conversation by using strategies such as active listening, asking for clarification or confirmation, and expressing agreement/negation, using feeling cards, gestures and known expressions, for example, the equivalent of saying, 'What do you mean?' or 'When did that happen?' In [Language]
• 7 reviewing others’ work constructively and responding to feedback, providing and justifying comments on general and specific points
• 8 engaging using correct protocols with an Elder and/or community member as appropriate, to facilitate a cultural event for students, staff and school community, such as a class Q and A or workshop in the lead-up to NAIDOC Week
• 9 promoting an event and providing reasons or justification for the event, with a focus on cultural practices and values, such as seasonal fishing after the rains if appropriate
• 10 exchanging opinions about cultural heritage sites or cultural preservation efforts such as a local Ranger program
• 11 sharing points of view on a range of personal interests such as artistic, cultural, environment, media and journalism, literature and writing, science or sport

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