AC9LA2U01 Year 1 Languages

AC9LA2U01 – Year 1 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 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

recognise and imitate the sounds and rhythms of Arabic

Elaborations

• mimicking the 28 letter sounds of the alphabet and the 3 short and long vowels
• observing the mouth and tongue position when forming sounds such as خ، ح، ث، ذ
• playing with sounds such as onomatopoeia, for example, animal noises, بق بق بيق
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putting 2 fingers on the throat to help produce the sound of letters أ ، هـ ، ع ، ح ، غ ، خ
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repeating the names of letters and reproducing their sounds with the short vowel ‘a’ ‘fat-aa الفتحة’, for example, ضاد – ضَ، صاد – صَ، قاف - قَ
• listening to a sound and circling the corresponding Arabic letter in a range of games such as snap, matching cards or ‘sound bingo’
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developing pronunciation, phrasing and intonation skills by singing, reciting and repeating frequently used words and phrases, noticing that statements and questions have different intonation, for example, غناء الحروف ، غناء الأرقام

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 1 ASLANARAF10Y12

Year 1 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 2, students use Arabic language to interact and share information related to the classroom and themselves. They use cues to respond to questions and instructions, and use simple formulaic language. They locate and convey key items of information in texts using non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They use familiar words and modelled language to create texts. They copy the letters and vowel marks of the Arabic alphabet to mark words. Students imitate the sounds and rhythms of spoken Arabic. They demonstrate understanding that Arabic has conventions and rules for non-verbal communication, pronunciation and writing. They give examples of similarities and differences between some features of Arabic and English. They understand that language is connected with culture, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).