AC9LF6C04 Year 5 Languages

AC9LF6C04 – Year 5 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

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Communicating meaning in French

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Mediating meaning in and between languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 5 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

apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in French language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

Elaborations

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creating a word bank or glossary for words and expressions that do not easily translate from French to English such as Quelle porcherie! C’est la pagaille ta chambre!
• finding signage from their local area and interpreting and comparing it to signage in a French-speaking country, for example, comparing traffic and road signs or signs in public places
• using bilingual print or digital dictionaries and translation tools to translate a simple French text into English, comparing results and discussing difficulties associated with translation in conveying certain words or concepts
• using bilingual dictionaries and electronic translation tools to compose bilingual texts such as captions, menus or school timetables, comparing results and noticing any problems associated with translation
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interpreting and explaining the meaning of words and expressions associated with celebrations in French-speaking regions of the world such as le poisson d’avril, la bûche de Noël, La Toussaint, la fête de la Musique
• creating French versions of Australian school signs and notices, considering why some words or expressions, such as the swimming pool, the sports oval, the tuck shop, the library, the office, require freer translation than others

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 5 ASLANFREF10Y56

Year 5 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 6, students initiate and use strategies to maintain interactions in French language that are related to their immediate environment. They use appropriate sound combinations, intonation and rhythm in spoken texts. They collaborate in spoken and written activities that involve the language of planning and problem-solving to share information, ideas and preferences. They use strategies to locate and interpret information and ideas in texts, and demonstrate understanding by responding in French or English, adjusting their response to context, purpose and audience. They create texts, selecting and using a variety of vocabulary and sentence structures to suit context. They sequence information and ideas, and use conventions appropriate to text type.Students apply rules for pronunciation and intonation, spelling and punctuation, and modelled structures, when creating and responding in French. They compare language structures and features in French and English, using some metalanguage. They show understanding of how some language reflects cultural practices and consider how this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.