AC9LF10EU03 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.

reflect on and evaluate French texts, using metalanguage to discuss language structures and features

Elaborations

• 1

  using metalanguage in English or French to identify the grammatical differences between the languages such as word order, verb moods, tenses–present perfect/passé composé, possessive pronouns/articles possessifs, agreements of adjectives and participles/accord des adjectifs et du participe passé, auxiliary verbs, direct/indirect object pronouns

• 2

  discussing grammatical structures using metalanguage, for example, using relative clauses, relative pronouns and demonstrative adjectives in order to be able to choose between qui/que/dont

• 3

  recognising how grammatical choices shade meaning and establish register such as the use of tu or vous to distinguish relationship; use of nous to suggest inclusivity or shared identity; use of on which may suggest distance

• 4

  recognising specific French language structures such as the impersonal verb falloir

• 5

  comparing spoken and written texts such as apologies or invitations to identify how differences in grammar and text features determine the nature of formal and informal interactions, for example, Je t’invite! Nous serions très heureux de vous accueillir chez nous.

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