AC9LA10EU04 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor reflect on and explain how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), attitudes, beliefs and values and how these affect ways of communicating

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• • Elaboration identifying and discussing how values or attitudes are reflected in Arabic and English, including the concept of punctuality reflected in language such as لن تهرب الحفلة ، لا تستعجل, and social interactions such as expressing indirect thanks, apologies or appreciation, for example, أشكرك شكراً جزيلاً على جهودك الرائعة، لا شكر على واجب، تقبل مني أصدق الإعتذار، أعتذر على الخطأ الذي بدر مني.
• • Elaboration analysing language and cultural practices that are interconnected, for example, by identifying religious origins or connotations associated with places such as أورشليم المقدسة، كربلاء، دير حريصا، مكة المكرمة or by identifying ways in which the residual influences of traditional lifestyles are preserved in language
• • Elaboration interviewing bilingual people about the experience of using more than one language, for example, by asking questions, “Do you identify more strongly with one language?”, “Do you express yourself differently in each language?”, “Why/how?”
• • Elaboration reflecting on and explaining the protocols required to authentically co-create an Acknowledgement of Country/Place with a First Nations Australian, to present in Arabic for a group of Arabic-speaking visitors at a school assembly
• • Elaboration examining the meaning of Arabic proverbs and sayings and how they reflect traditional cultural views, ideas and attitudes, for example, الصديق وقت الضيق، أنا وأخي على ابن عمي وأنا وابن عمي على الغريب العقل السليم في الجسم السليم، عصفور باليد أحسن من عشرة على الشجرة
• • Elaboration comparing texts created for different audiences in diverse Arabic-speaking regions and countries, noticing how language reflects priorities, values, beliefs and identities of specific communities
• • Elaboration identifying words used in colloquial Arabic that fuse Arabic and English, such as in film, advertising, to capture trends, convey concepts and engage with intercultural experience, for example, غوغل، شاير، هاشتاغ لايك

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• • Elaboration recognising that Arabic carries histories of contact with other languages and cultures, for example, by identifying and classifying borrowed words or terms that originate from other languages that have been ‘Arabised’ (ta’reeb) such as طماطم ، أوتوبيس ، بيتزا ، ساندويتش ، أطلس
• • Elaboration investigating the nature and use of the Arabic language in different contexts, for example, asking Arabic-speaking students in Australia when they use Arabic or English, with whom, how and why
• • Elaboration investigating their own cultural and linguistic biographies to discover more about family heritage, migration and history, and reflecting on how this can contribute to their identity and understanding family beliefs and values