AC9LF2U04 Year 1 Languages

AC9LF2U04 – Year 1 Languages: Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

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 people use language in ways that reflect cultural practices

Elaborations

• understanding that the world has many different languages
• noticing that many languages from different parts of the world are spoken in Australia and may be represented in their classroom
• recognising that French is spoken in many places around the world and using a print or digital world map to highlight Francophone countries
• exploring symbols used by First Nations Australians and those used in French-speaking communities in a range of contexts, for example, finding out what the symbols on flags represent
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understanding that learning French involves ways of using language that may be unfamiliar, for example, using merci when refusing an offer, and understanding that some ways of behaving and thinking may be unfamiliar, such as the importance of food in some family and regional traditions or ways of expressing or describing feelings or relationships
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comparing gestures to convey different messages, for example, pointing to their eye and saying Mon œil! in French meaning that they think someone is not telling the truth
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recognising that cultural aspects like music, dance, food, celebrations and games are connected to culture, for example, eating pancakes on Mardi Gras, making la bûche de Noël for Christmas

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recognising that languages have words borrowed from other languages, and that many French words are used in English and many English words are used in French such as le weekend, le parking, le cowboy

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).