AC9LA10EU01 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor apply features of the Arabic sound system, including pitch, rhythm, stress, pronunciation and intonation, and show how these are represented in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

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• • Elaboration pronouncing الشدة and السكون
• • Elaboration applying prior knowledge of pronunciation and sound conventions to predict spelling and sound of unfamiliar words during class dictation, reading aloud or transcribing
• • Elaboration using the rhythms of the Arabic language, including intonation, tone and stress, to increase fluency and enhance expression
• • Elaboration recognising the need for pauses or changes of tone in complex sentences with embedded clauses
• • Elaboration listening to a range of audio texts at various speeds such as phone messages and announcements, to develop strategies and techniques to infer meaning
• • Elaboration noticing how intonation and tone of voice can convey emotions and shade meaning, such as distinguishing between colloquial or formal language, for example, حقًا؟ يا إلهي! تعال إلى هنا حالاً
• • Elaboration using onomatopoeia in sentences for literary effect in texts such as comics and stories, for example, بوم بوم! أسمع أصوات الألعاب النارية في ليلة رأس السنة...

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• • Elaboration reciting difficult tongue twisters or making their own, to improve pronunciation, fluency and pace, for example, روحي وروحك يا روحي روحين بروح مطرح متروح روحك روحي بتروح قفص قصب في قفص خشب