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AC9LCH4U03: Year 3 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding language and culture
AC9LCH4U03 Year 3 Languages

AC9LCH4U03 – Year 3 Languages: Understanding language and culture

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding 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.

Content Descriptor

recognise and compare features of familiar spoken and written text in Chinese and English

Elaborations

  • • using metalanguage to describe grammar rules in Chinese, for example, the placement of 主语, 动词, 名词 in a sentence
  • • recognising language features and symbols typically associated with particular texts, for example, examining recycling symbols on packaging, and comparing these with English texts, sorting packaging into appropriately labelled bins
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    identifying and comparing key words in Chinese and English versions of favourite stories, for example, comparing 《小红帽》and Little Red Riding Hood, considering the rhythms and vocal effects in the 2 versions

  • • identifying and documenting similarities and differences in elements such as titles/headings, layout, images and script of Chinese and English texts such as invitations, web pages or picture books, for example, filling in a graphic organiser such as a T-chart
  • • exploring the influence of English on informal language used in daily interactions by Chinese-speaking people in the local community, for example, 嗨 (hi), 哈喽 (hello), 拜拜 (bye, wi-fi)
  • • recognising features of various genres including narratives, procedural and explanatory texts, and identifying which genres are most suitable for different purposes, for example, considering the most suitable genre for《我最喜欢的假期》(My favourite holiday)

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 3 ASLANCHIBLLF-1Y34
Year 3 Languages Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 4, students use Chinese language to initiate interactions to share information and ideas related to the classroom and their personal worlds. They use modelled language to participate in spoken and written activities that involve planning. They locate and respond to key items of information in texts, using strategies to help interpret and convey meaning in familiar contexts. They use familiar characters, Pinyin and modelled language to create texts. Students recognise and use sounds, tones, rhythms, syllables and intonation patterns of spoken Chinese. They demonstrate understanding that Chinese has non-verbal, spoken and written language conventions and rules to create and make meaning. They recognise that some terms have cultural meanings. They identify patterns in Chinese and make comparisons between Chinese and English. They understand that the Chinese language is connected with culture, and identify how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).