AC9LF10C01 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.

initiate, sustain and extend exchanges in familiar and unfamiliar contexts related to students’ own and others’ experiences of the world, adjusting their language in response to others

Elaborations

• 1

  initiating and sustaining conversation by introducing topics, inviting contributions or asking for clarification, for example, Qu’est-ce que vous en pensez? Je n’ai pas bien compris …, Si on parlait de …?

• 2

  initiating and sustaining exchanges with others by acknowledging, asking and expanding questions, making excuses and apologising using forms of politeness and respect, for example, Pouvez-vous parler plus lentement, s’il vous plaȋt? Je n’ai pas compris. J’ai oublié. Je ne me souviens pas. Je vous en prie. Pourriez-vous m’excuser?

• 3

  contributing to discussions with young people in French-speaking contexts, comparing aspects of school and home life such as les examens, le stress, les sports, les droits, les tâches ménagères, la vie quotidienne, habiter à la campagne ou en ville, les responsabilités civiques

• 4

  using different forms of communication, including informal exchanges and formal debates, to discuss young people’s experience in contemporary culture such as la santé mentale des jeunes, la vie des banlieues, les relations parents-ados

• 5

  using strategies to sustain interactions such as asking for clarification or confirmation, or providing suggestions, for example, Vraiment? C’est vrai? Pardon? Comment? Quand? Avec qui? Pourquoi? Vous disiez? Qu’est-ce que tu veux dire? Tu as raison! Je suis d’accord. Que penses-tu? Je te conseille de … Selon moi c’est une idée géniale.

• 6 participating in simulated role-plays such as job interviews or interviewing a celebrity
• 7

  accepting an invitation or responding with reasons for declining or negotiating alternative arrangements, adjusting language to suit formal or informal contexts, for example, Je suis ravi(e) de vous rencontrer/d’accepter /l’invitation à la fête. Désolé(e) mais je dois dire non … C’est dommage, Ça te va dimanche? Je ne peux pas samedi. Malheureusement …

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