AC9LF2U03 Year 1 Languages

AC9LF2U03 – Year 1 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 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

notice that French has features that may be similar to or different from English

Elaborations

• noticing that French and English use punctuation conventions such as full stops, capital letters, commas and question marks
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noticing that adjectives usually follow the noun in French, for example, le chien noir, le papillon rose, whereas adjectives usually precede the noun in English
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becoming aware of grammatical gender, noticing and using masculine or feminine forms of nouns and adjectives such as le chien, la maison, le petit garçon, la petite fille, le copain, la copine
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developing number knowledge and identifying the similarities and differences in using cardinal and ordinal numbers, for example, using ordinals throughout the month in English but only for the first of each month in French, le premier mars, le 2 juin

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 1 ASLANFREF10Y12

Year 1 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 2, students use French language to interact and share information related to the classroom and themselves. They use cues to respond to questions and instructions, and use simple formulaic language. They locate and convey key items of information in texts using non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They use familiar words and modelled language to create texts.Students imitate the sounds and rhythms of French and demonstrate understanding that French has conventions and rules for non-verbal communication, pronunciation and writing. They give examples of similarities and differences between some features of French and English. They understand that language is connected with culture, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).