AC9L2F10C02 Year 9 Languages

AC9L2F10C02 – Year 9 Languages: Interacting in [Language]

Strand

Communicating meaning in [Language]

Substrand

Interacting in [Language]

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.

Content Descriptor

contribute to discussions that involve diverse views to negotiate outcomes, address issues and compare experiences

Elaborations

• showcasing local-language learning and language-revival activities
• negotiating with class members and members of the teaching team using respectful language when agreeing or disagreeing or negotiating changes, considering cultural perspectives and values
• planning and organising a community initiative, taking into account different participants' roles, responsibilities and relationships, for example, designing a yarning circle space or community garden and documenting the process
• designing digital, visual or multimodal displays or presentations, for example, designing a poster to promote events in the local community, such as festivals, sporting, music and cultural events
• preparing and presenting information in groups about a chosen topic such as a topic related to visual or performing arts, and responding to questions from teacher and peers
• giving and following instructions, and using gestures or hand signs as needed, for example, explaining cooking methods or artefact making
• researching and consulting on issues relevant to the Country/Place, such as reinstating and creating dual names for school and community places, and events

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• planning an excursion to a place of cultural significance, including preparation of native food such as damper, kangaroo, mullet, wild apple and quandong
• asking for advice on issues and suggesting possible solutions to others’ problems, for example, deciding on a place for an excursion, who to invite to an event, organising a surprise celebration, or deciding on an appropriate gift

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANFALSLLY910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students contribute to and extend interactions in [Language] language in increasingly unfamiliar contexts related to a wide range of interests and issues. They interpret and respond to texts by evaluating and synthesising information, ideas and perspectives. They show understanding of how features of language can be used to influence audience response. They create texts, selecting and manipulating language for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. They use complex structures to enhance meaning and cohesion. Students incorporate the features and conventions of spoken [Language] to extend fluency. They demonstrate understanding of the conventions of spoken and written texts and the connections between them. They apply knowledge of language structures and features to make and predict meaning. They support analysis of [Language] texts, using metalanguage. They understand that there are appropriate protocols that relate to learning and using [Language]. They reflect on their own cultural perspectives and identity, and draw on their experience of learning [Language] to evaluate how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.