AC9LF10C04 Year 9 Languages

AC9LF10C04 – Year 9 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Strand

Communicating meaning in French

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between 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.

Content Descriptor

interpret and translate non-verbal, spoken and written interactions and texts to convey meaning and intercultural understanding in familiar and unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

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identifying terms associated with particular elements of French lifestyles (la cuisine, la mode, les loisirs, la famille, etc.) noting the importance of the audience and how the vocabulary changes with context, for example, les recettes de grands chefs /La cuisine en cinq minutes, la famille traditionnelle/recomposée... - belle mère/beau père
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translating familiar language such as argot and verlan into standard French
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interpreting cultural differences, protocols and conventions in genres such as job application selection criteria, lettre de motivation, formules de politesse
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interpreting textual conventions popular with young French speakers, such as contractions, abbreviations and acronyms used in text messaging, for example, bjr = bonjour; A+ = à plus; biz = bisous; 12C4 = un de ces quatre
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interpreting gestures used by French speakers to signal meanings such as Parfait! J’ai du nez! C’est fini, and comparing with gestures used in Australian English and other known languages
• finding examples of words, expressions and behaviours used in Australian English that do not translate literally into French, for example, ‘bush tucker’, ‘surf’s up’, ‘schoolies’, and providing cultural explanations for French speakers

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.