AC9LC4U04 – Year 3 Languages: Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 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.

Elaborations

• 1 identifying Chinese language and associated cultural practices, for example, saying 这是一个小礼物 when giving an imaginary gift to peers
• 2 recognising characters (such as 福) used in specific cultural events in various forms (paper cut-outs, folk art, couplets, etc.) of New Year decorations, and identifying how the form might change, for example, questioning why 福 is sometimes presented upside down
• 3 engaging with the traditions and customs, festivals, celebrations and food of Chinese-speaking communities, recognising the value of learning about culture(s) in learning a new language
• 4 exploring representations of information, for example, the symbols used in cultural expressions of First Nations Australians, and making connections with those of Chinese language and culture(s)
• 5 discussing birthday celebrations and traditions in Chinese-speaking countries, comparing ancient traditions with modern ones, reflecting on own birthday celebrations, such as singing 祝你生日快乐
• 6 identifying the connections between Chinese language and culture(s) by studying the reasons behind character formation, for example, learning how the character 家, which is a pictograph of a pig underneath a roof, came to represent the word ‘family’
• 7 participating in eye exercises, daily exercise routines, or role-playing the flag raising ceremony, using associated language, and discussing the cultural significance of these practices
• 8 discussing the difference between 我要去厕所。and 我可以去厕所吗？, and that the Chinese language can be very direct without being rude, for example, understanding that in English it is polite to say, “May I have …?", “Please can I have …?", but in Chinese, saying “I want ....” is usual; discussing the impact for a Chinese-speaking tourist travelling in Australia

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