AC9LFF03 Foundation Languages

Content descriptor explore connections between language and culture

Elaborations

• • Elaboration sharing ideas and experiences of learning the French language
• • Elaboration noticing that French is spoken in many different places in the world apart from France
• • Elaboration placing France and French-speaking countries on a world map and adding the countries represented in the class
• • Elaboration using the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) map of the languages of Australia to notice the language(s) of First Nations Australians in their local area and/or across Australia
• • Elaboration noticing how local names of streets, places and landmarks can have their origins in language(s) of First Nations Australians
• • Elaboration comparing aspects of Australian and French children’s lifestyles (playing games, buying and eating food, interacting with family members, etc.) such as school canteen meals or daily greetings in the family
• • Elaboration noticing their own use of words, expressions or behaviours that make them who they are, including words from different languages, ways of celebrating or talking that may not be familiar to other people

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• • Elaboration exchanging ideas, feelings and understandings of language and culture through play-based experiences such as dress-ups, puppets, and pretend cafes, French shops such as la boulangerie and market stands
• • Elaboration playing and engaging with cultural items such as Euros, postcards and realia from French-speaking countries