AC9LCH8C01 Year 7 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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.

initiate and sustain exchanges in familiar and unfamiliar contexts related to students’ experiences, feelings and views, adjusting their language in response to others

Elaborations

• 1 initiating and sustaining conversations to share aspects of their personal worlds, such as a recent overseas holiday, future plans or achievements, for example, 你知道我今年冬天去了哪儿吗？说起来真好玩。
• 2 asking and responding to open-ended questions about learning activities or strategies, for example,  我应该怎么做才能学好中文？你必须大量练习听力，阅读和写作，并注意发音。
• 3 sustaining face-to-face and secure online conversations, for example, encouraging responses through questions such as 除了音乐，你还有什么爱好？为什么这样？我觉得读书很有帮助。你是否同意我的观点？你更喜欢看电影还是看书？为什么？
• 4 using descriptive language to discuss contrasting aspects of their personal worlds such as home and school, study and entertainment or discipline and freedom, and justifying opinions, for example, 我们在学校和老师朋友说英语，但在家里应该说中文。我们应该知道学习和娱乐之间平衡的重要性。
• 5 using digital technology to maintain contact and exchange thoughts and experiences, such as writing to a student in a Chinese-speaking country, requesting information and responding appropriately, for example, 你好！我叫约翰，是一名来自澳大利亚的学生，正在学习中文。我很想了解你们那里的文化和生活，你可以介绍一下你们那里的传统节日吗？期待你的回复。谢谢！
• 6 requesting repetition or asking for and providing clarification, for example, 对不起老师，我没听懂，麻烦您再解释一遍，可以吗？
• 7 acknowledging others’ ideas and indicating agreement or disagreement in non-judgemental ways, for example, using language to persuade or influence others, such as listing possible consequences 我们也没办法，不得不 ... 要不然, 如果 ... ... 的话, 那么 ...
• 8 contributing to secure online forums or discussions offering solutions or personal ideas, for example, 要设置电脑音量，要先按右下角的小喇叭，然后拖动音量按钮。
• 9 summarising different opinions in interactions, for example, 总而言之, 你们有些人喜欢动作片, 有些人喜欢卡通片。

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