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AC9LF8U02: Year 7 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding systems of language
AC9LF8U02 Year 7 Languages

AC9LF8U02 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
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.

Content Descriptor

apply understanding of grammatical structures and expressions to compose and respond to texts

Elaborations

  • extending knowledge of negative constructions such as ne … plus, ne … rien, ne … jamais, ne … que

  • understanding and using infinitive verb forms and phrasal verbs such as avoir besoin de faire quelque chose, commencer à faire …

  • using le passé composé and le futur proche

  • consolidating conjugation skills of regular verbs in le présent (present tense) and le passé composé (past tense), and of high-frequency irregular verbs such as avoir, être, aller, faire, venir, pouvoir, vouloir, mettre, devoir

  • recognising and using avoir expressions such as avoir soif, avoir sommeil, avoir peur

  • understanding the form and use of reflexive verbs such as il se lève très tard, nous nous promenons chaque soir, je veux m’asseoir à côté de toi.

  • understanding how to use modal verb forms to express possibility, obligation and ability je peux m’imaginer …, il doit partir demain, and impersonal expressions il faut +infinitive … and on doit +infinitive …

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  • introducing the use of direct object pronouns in conjunction with the present tense, je m'appelle, je t’écoute, elle les mange tous les jours, je t'aime.

  • reinforcing understanding of grammar rules such as adjectives that precede the noun, and adjectives versus adverbs - bon/bien, negation

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANFREF10Y78
Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 8, students initiate and maintain interactions in French language in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to a range of interests and experiences. They use French to collaborate and problem-solve, and adjust language in response to others. They interpret information, ideas and opinions in texts. They demonstrate understanding of similarities and differences between languages, in both familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts, by adjusting and reorganising responses. They select and use vocabulary, sentence structures and expressions to create texts.Students apply the conventions of spoken French to develop fluency. They demonstrate understanding that spoken, written and multimodal texts use different language conventions, structures and features to convey meaning. They comment on structures and features of French text, using metalanguage. They reflect on how the French language, culture and identity are interconnected, and compare this with their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.