AC9LF10EC03 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.

use non-verbal, spoken and written exchanges to discuss, plan and reflect on activities, events and experiences with peers

Elaborations

• 1

  interacting in classroom activities and discussions to manage shared learning experiences, report on each other’s contributions and consider each other’s views, opinions and preferences, for example, C’est à qui? Moi, je vais mettre cette image là; Qu’est que tu vas faire avec celle-là? Voilà — c’est fait. Qui va faire …? C’est bien réussi.

• 2

  planning how to work collaboratively on an assignment, using evaluative and comparative language to discuss different learning resources (textbooks, websites, electronic dictionaries, etc.), for example, Ils sont utiles/intéressants/trop complexes; Je préfère lire le texte moi-même ...; Je trouve mieux ...

• 3

  sharing with peers their reflections on their experience of learning French, discussing progress, challenges and achievements, for example, Je sais compter/écrire/communiquer en français; J’ai un bon accent; Je parle assez couramment; J’aime bien les gestes; Je trouve que le meilleur …

• 4

  participating in visites virtuelles, for example, virtually visiting Musée du Quai Branly, le Tour de France, la Martinique, la Nouvelle-Calédonie, and sharing responsibility for individual elements of a report that highlights key features of the experience

• 5 organising an interview with a local celebrity or significant person from a French-speaking community, researching the person’s achievements and discussing with peers the appropriate questions to ask
• 6 participating in an online or face-to-face discussion to find a solution to a problem, debating options or working out the logistics for solving the issue
• 7 reflecting on the success of a planned school activity promoting the French language and culture, and discussing improvements for future events
• 8 planning and making shared arrangements for real or imagined French visitors to the school or a homestay, for example, preparing print or digital informative materials, preparing welcome speeches or conducting school tours

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