AC9LA10EU03 Year 9 Languages

AC9LA10EU03 – Year 9 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of 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

reflect on and evaluate Arabic texts, using metalanguage to discuss language structures and features

Elaborations

• recognising the significance and cultural importance of features of different types of texts in Arabic and English, such as forms of address or language associated with rituals or celebrations, and understanding how these vary according to the context, occasion and intended audience
• using metalanguage to identify grammatical similarities and differences between Arabic and English such as word order, sentence types, verb moods, verb tenses, possessive pronouns, gender agreement, script
• analysing persuasive texts such as advertisements, slogans or speeches, recognising the use of rhetorical devices and emotive language to engage the intended audience
• noticing and explaining differences in text structure and grammar between formal and informal Arabic and English use, for example, between the structure of a business letter and an informal email
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comparing spoken and written forms of familiar types of texts in Arabic and English such as spoken and written apologies, spoken storytelling and written reports, noticing differences in grammatical, expressive, and textual features, for example, من فضلك اقبل إعتذاري، أعتذر /أقدّم إعتذاري ، أنا آسف/ آسفة

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANARA7_10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students initiate and sustain Arabic language to exchange and compare ideas and experiences about their own and others’ personal worlds. They communicate using non-verbal, spoken and written language to collaborate, plan and reflect on activities and events. They interpret and analyse information and ideas in texts and demonstrate understanding of different perspectives. They synthesise information and respond in Arabic or English, adjusting language to convey meaning and to suit context, purpose and audience. They use structures and features of spoken and written Arabic to create texts. Students apply features and conventions of spoken Arabic to enhance fluency. They select and apply knowledge of language conventions, structures and features to interact, make meaning and create texts. They support discussion of structures and features of texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own language use and cultural identity, and draw on their experience of learning Arabic, to discuss how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.