AC9LF8EC05 Year 7 Languages

AC9LF8EC05 – Year 7 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Strand

Communicating meaning in French

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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

develop and begin to apply strategies to interpret, translate and convey meaning in French in familiar contexts

Elaborations

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translating short personal texts (letters, emails, conversations, etc.) and identifying words and phrases that can be translated literally, such as la maison, le ciel, les enfants, Bonjour, mon ami, and those that need to be interpreted for meaning such as Il fait beau! À tout à l’heure! Courage!
• using bilingual dictionaries and electronic translation tools, noting issues such as alternative or multiple meanings of words and the importance of context when making meaning
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translating headlines, captions and short reports in texts produced for young readers as well as public signs or notices such as sens unique, défense de fumer, identifying and explaining words or expressions that require interpretation rather than translation
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explaining the meaning of words or expressions associated with celebrations in French-speaking regions of the world, for example, le poisson d’avril, la bûche de Noël, le Ramadan, Aïd al-Fitr, la Fête de la Musique, la Toussaint, Yom Kippour, Nouvel An Chinois, and considering how they reflect significant cultural experience
• listening to, reading or viewing texts such as a story, poem, song or cartoon, and expressing feelings or opinions in a review
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creating bilingual resources using a variety of dictionaries and electronic translation tools, including explanations of some expressions and idioms such as Quand les poules auront des dents

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANFRE7_10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students use French language to interact and collaborate with others, and to share information and plan activities in familiar contexts. They respond to others’ contributions, and recognise familiar gestures, questions and instructions in exchanges. They recognise relationships between spoken and written forms. They locate and respond to information in texts and use non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They respond in French or English, and demonstrate understanding of context, purpose and audience in texts. They use familiar language, and modelled sentence and grammatical structures to create texts, and demonstrate understanding of how some language reflects cultural practices.Students approximate French sound patterns, intonation and rhythms, and demonstrate understanding that French has conventions and rules for non-verbal, spoken and written communication. They comment on aspects of French and English language structures and features, using metalanguage. They demonstrate awareness that the French language is connected with culture and identity, and that this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.