AC9LF8U04 Year 7 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.

reflect on and explain how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), beliefs, attitudes and values

Elaborations

• 1 comparing students' own culture(s) to the cultures in French-speaking countries by looking at attitudes towards public holidays, leisure activities, and the importance of sports
• 2 explaining the multicultural differences and similarities in Australia and the French-speaking world such as religious beliefs, music styles (techno, hip-hop, rap, etc.) body art (tattoos, piercing, etc.), and fashion styles (BCBG, hippie, school uniforms, etc.)
• 3 examining how their own cultural etiquette may be interpreted when interacting with French people, noticing their own body language and gestures, for example, understanding the Australian tendency to be informal with people of all ages
• 4 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
• 5

  understanding French secular concept laïcité by analysing the different beliefs, attitudes and values, and how they change over time, for example, les vacances de Pâques/vacances de printemps

• 6 reflecting on how their cultural perspectives may have changed since learning French and discussing how this has impacted on their sense of identity
• 7 discussing and reflecting on diversity and how generalisations and stereotypes can affect communication and sense of identity
• 8 explaining their own tastes, interests and language use that have been shaped by intercultural influences such as social media, fusion food, and especially by learning French and about French beliefs and attitudes

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