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AC9LA2U03: Year 1 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding systems of language
AC9LA2U03 Year 1 Languages

AC9LA2U03 – 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

notice that Arabic has features that may be similar to or different from English

Elaborations

  • • recognising that the Arabic script is written from right to left and that books and papers are written from back to front and comparing these with equivalent texts in English
  • • exploring differences in alphabet and writing through play, digital resources and discussions, for example, the number and shape of letters, the way they are written and direction of writing
  • • understanding that the Arabic alphabet consists of 28 letters that look and sound different from the English (Roman) alphabet which consists of 26 letters
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    observing some common features of familiar Arabic and English texts such as stories, nursery rhymes and signs, for example, في يوم من الأيام ، في أحد الأيام ، حزورة فزورة، جدي عنده مزرعة، لاءلئي لاءلئي يا نجمة

  • • noticing that Arabic has borrowed words from English, for example, إنترنت، كمبيوتر، كاميرا، تلفزيون and that English has borrowed words from Arabic such as زرافة، جمل، قطن، جني، قهوة، ليمون
  • • observing that some sounds in Arabic do not exist in English, for example, خ ح ع غ ض
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    learning some basic differences in word order in simple sentences and phrases, for example, object before the adjective عيد ميلاد سعيد، قلم أحمر، يوم مُشمس

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).