AC9LA10U01 Year 9 Languages

AC9LA10U01 – 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

apply features and conventions of spoken Arabic to extend fluency in responding to and creating texts in familiar and unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

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understanding that certain sounds in Arabic words can be dropped from pronunciation, such as the t sound in السماء صافية and tashkeel in الشمس مشرقة، البنت مريضة
• recognising the need for a pause or change of tone in complex sentences with embedded clauses, for example, شاهدت الحادث الأليم عندما كنت مع صديقي عماد
• reflecting on the role of pronunciation, rhythm, word stress and intonation in effective communication, and applying this knowledge to own interactions
• using knowledge of Arabic pronunciation and spelling rules when engaging with authentic spoken and written texts
• reciting challenging and unfamiliar language to develop pace, accuracy and fluency, for example, from poems and traditional literature
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developing control of regular and irregular elements of spoken and written Arabic, such as the influence of accents and expression on pronunciation and spelling, for example, the use of the letter noon instead of tanween ِتابًا/ كِتابن or the use of haa instead of the taa marbouta َمَدرسة /ه مَدرس
• listening to authentic texts such as public announcements, radio advertisements or recorded phone messages and recognising challenges associated with clarity and pace in audio texts

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• understanding how intonation and tone can convey emotions and modify meaning such as distinguishing between colloquial or formal language, for example, حقًا؟ يا إلهي! معقولة؟ تعال إلى هنا حالًا
• experimenting with intonation and stress, improving coherence and increasing expressive range by reading out loud from unfamiliar texts, for example, newspapers, novels, reports

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANARAF10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students contribute to and extend interactions in Arabic language in increasingly unfamiliar contexts related to a wide range of interests and issues. They interpret texts by evaluating and synthesising information, ideas and perspectives. They show understanding of how features of language can be used to influence audience response. They create texts, selecting and manipulating language for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. They apply and use complex sentences and structures to create and respond to spoken and written texts. They use a variety of tenses to sequence events and use language features to enhance meaning and cohesion. Students incorporate the features and conventions of spoken Arabic to extend fluency. They demonstrate understanding of the conventions of spoken and written texts and the connections between them. They apply knowledge of language structures and features to make and predict meaning. They support analysis of Arabic texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own cultural perspectives and identity, and draw on their experience of learning Arabic, to evaluate how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.