AC9LF8U01 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding systems of language

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.

Elaborations

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  understanding the different levels of formality between spoken and written language on/nous, je peux pas/je ne peux pas, 'eh ben'/eh bien, ouais/oui, qu'est-ce que je vais me mettre sur le dos?/comment vais-je m'habiller?

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  recognising the form of commonly used morphemes, suffixes and prefixes la camionette, désordre, désagréable, irrégulier, inacceptable, la danseuse to assist pronunciation

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  collecting groups of words that share a common stem, for example, la bouche, la bouchée; le jardin, jardiner, le jardinage to enhance vocabulary knowledge when interacting in spoken exchanges

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  recognising the impact of non-verbal elements of French expression such as hand gestures for c’est nul, ça suffit! Quoi encore? to replace words

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  using sounds such as Oh là là! Aïe! T’as fait quoi? and facial expressions to reinforce spoken language

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  distinguishing vowel sounds, for example, recognising distinctions between nasal sounds such as cinq, sympa, manger, entre!, dont, des bonbons

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  applying phonic knowledge and grammatical knowledge to spelling and writing unfamiliar words, for example, letter combinations such as -eau, -eur or -ette, and words involving 2 or more distinct vowel sounds such as le bateau, l’aspirateur, la baguette

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard: