AC9LCH10EC02 Year 9 Languages

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.

contribute to discussions that involve diverse views to negotiate outcomes, address issues and compare cultural experiences

Elaborations

• 1 planning and facilitating live or secure online events, such as trips or excursions to a Chinese-speaking community, and persuading others to get involved and contribute in different ways, for example, making a simple webpage or promotional video clip
• 2 collaborating to create displays, presentations or performances for family, friends, peers or school community to showcase Chinese learning, such as reciting a poem and explaining its content and context in Chinese or English (BL), or presenting about a proposed sustainability initiative (L1)
• 3 using secure online and offline collaborative learning tools to produce bilingual versions of community initiatives such as road safety training, sustainability project and crime prevention strategies
• 4 participating in virtual scenarios related to travelling to China, and negotiating booking, changing or confirming a flight, tours or accommodation or exchanging currency, for example, 去徐州的火车票还可以便宜吗？ (BL) 我想买四张软卧， 可以用微信或者支付宝付款吗？(L1) 一澳元 可以换多少人民币？(BL) 澳币兑换人民币的汇率是多少？(L1)
• 5 collaborating to reach agreement, in a culturally appropriate way such as equally contributing ideas for a student-led activity, for example, facilitating a Chinese chess club
• 6 negotiating possible sister schools they could connect with, discussing and comparing possible schools in Chinese-speaking regions and considering aspects such as country, rural or city schools, the curriculum offered and extracurricular activities
• 7 contributing to discussions about a range of social issues such as 经济发展与环境保护, 中国式家庭教育 to create a group presentation with a balanced view and supporting evidence, and elaborating on their own cultural perspectives
• 8 collaboratively writing reports or articles in groups about topics such as the pros and cons of having a part-time job as a high-school student

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