AC9L2F2C04 Years 1 to 2 Languages

Content descriptor notice that language carries cultural meaning in greetings, introductions, instructions and routines

Elaborations

• • Elaboration using classroom resources such as word banks, wall charts, visual dictionaries, word lists and pictures to translate the meaning of words and expressions
• • Elaboration explaining the meaning of words, phrases, silences and gestures used in everyday contexts and situations in [Language], English and/or other known language(s)
• • Elaboration noticing that different forms of address and kinship terms are used depending on the relationship between participants
• • Elaboration showing others how different signs, gestures or hand talk are used, in particular for elements of the natural environment such as water and animals
• • Elaboration creating bilingual/multilingual texts or resources for various purposes, for example, writing captions or texts in [Language] to match a simple story
• • Elaboration noticing and naming signs and symbols, and explaining their meanings to others, for example, animal tracks or understanding the direction to take in a track noticing bent branches
• • Elaboration playing matching-pair games using words used in everyday conversations in [Language], English and/or other known language(s)

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• • Elaboration performing simple presentations for the school community that involve elements from [Language], English and/or other known language(s), such as a contribution to an assembly or a performance for the wider community