AC9LF8EU04 Year 7 Languages

AC9LF8EU04 – Year 7 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 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

recognise how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), beliefs, attitudes and values

Elaborations

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noticing how French speakers communicate in different contexts that reflect cultural attitudes, using language associated with politeness or feelings, for example, Je vous en prie. Pardon. Je suis désolé(e).
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noticing how people think and talk about themselves and others by comparing ways of addressing adults or strangers which reflect respect and perceived status, for example, Madame la Directrice, Monsieur le Président, merci docteur, bonjour Madame
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accepting different beliefs, attitudes and values held by people, for example, those reflected through celebrating festivals such as Harmony Day, Semaine de la Francophonie and researching their origins
• examining how First Nations Australians’ languages have strong connections to Country/Place and how these can be compared to language variation across French-speaking countries and regions
• reflecting on their own tastes, interests and language use that have been shaped by intercultural influences (graphic novel/BD, social media, fusion food, etc.)
• recognising how learning to speak French and learning about the diversity of the French-speaking communities have impacted on their own perception of language, culture and identity

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.