AC9L2F8U01 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding systems of language

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.

Elaborations

• • reading aloud for meaning using appropriate intonation, stress and tone to demonstrate comprehension of sound-symbol relationships
• • adjusting and applying intonation for statements, questions, exclamations and instructions
• • applying pronunciation of unique [Language]-specific sounds such as consonants, consonant blends and pure vowel sounds and diphthongs
• • using their knowledge of alphabetic conventions for Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages to transcribe spoken texts from [Language]
• • recognising that not all consonant, vowel and diphthong sounds in Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islanders languages can be accurately represented by the Roman alphabet
• • developing metalanguage to describe and talk about sounds and phonology, such as the articulation categories in Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, for example, the shape of the mouth and lips, the position of the tongue in relation to teeth, palate and air passage, and rolling or trilling of the tongue
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  investigating sound patterns such as consonant and vowel sequences, for example, allowable word-final sounds, consonant clusters and minimal pairs such as dh as in dhana and d as in dana; ng as in ngaya and n as in naya or equivalent patterns and combinations in [Language]

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard: