AC9LCH8EU04 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.

reflect on and explain how their own and others’ identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), attitudes, beliefs and values

Elaborations

• 1 discussing identity and cultural values reflected in language use, and how they influence interactions with others, for example, adding a person's job title after their surname to show respect, such as 李医生，何老师，王校长
• 2 comparing key differences between a range of Chinese-speaking regions, such as cultural traditions and beliefs, and considering how this diversity might impact the perspectives and values of Chinese speakers from these regions
• 3 explaining communicative practices that might be perceived differently in different cultures, for example, when accepting a compliment in Chinese, saying 谢谢 might make one look 自大
• 4 examining, in Chinese or English, how First Nations Australians’ languages have strong connections to Country/Place and how these can be compared with language variation across Chinese-speaking communities
• 5 identifying ways in which their Chinese identity is reflected in their own values, beliefs and language
• 6 exploring how known languages influence their way of communicating, such as differences in the use and frequency of "Thank you"
• 7 identifying elements of their own community and identity, including involvement in cultural practices and choices of language, for example, using 回国 for returning to the home country
• 8 reading jokes or cartoons in Chinese and discussing how humour is conveyed through non-verbal and spoken expressions, and comparing how humour is interpreted in different cultural settings
• 9 discussing past or possible experiences of living in a Chinese-speaking country and how they feel about the lifestyle and practices compared with their lifestyle in Australia

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