AC9L2F2C04 Year 1 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 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.

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

Elaborations

• 1 using classroom resources such as word banks, wall charts, visual dictionaries, word lists and pictures to translate the meaning of words and expressions
• 2 explaining the meaning of words, phrases, silences and gestures used in everyday contexts and situations in [Language], English and/or other known language(s)
• 3 noticing that different forms of address and kinship terms are used depending on the relationship between participants
• 4 showing others how different signs, gestures or hand talk are used, in particular for elements of the natural environment such as water and animals
• 5 creating bilingual/multilingual texts or resources for various purposes, for example, writing captions or texts in [Language] to match a simple story
• 6 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
• 7 playing matching-pair games using words used in everyday conversations in [Language], English and/or other known language(s)
• 8 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

Related Achievement Standards