AC9LF10C01 Year 9 Languages

AC9LF10C01 – Year 9 Languages: Interacting in French

Strand

Communicating meaning in French

Substrand

Interacting in French

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.

Content Descriptor

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

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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 …?
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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?
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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
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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
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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.
• participating in simulated role-plays such as job interviews or interviewing a celebrity
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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 …

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANFREF10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students contribute to and extend interactions in French language in increasingly unfamiliar contexts related to a wide range of interests and issues. They interpret texts by evaluating and synthesising information, ideas and perspectives. They show understanding of how features of language can be used to influence audience response. They create texts, selecting and manipulating language for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. They apply and use complex sentences and structures to create and respond to spoken and written texts. They use a variety of tenses to sequence events and use language devices to enhance meaning and cohesion.Students incorporate the features and conventions of spoken French to extend fluency. They demonstrate understanding of the conventions of spoken and written texts and the connections between them. They apply knowledge of language structures and features to make and predict meaning. They support analysis of French texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own cultural perspectives and identity, and draw on their experience of learning French, to evaluate how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.