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AC9LG10C01 Year 9 Languages

AC9LG10C01 – Year 9 Languages: Interacting in German

Strand
Communicating meaning in German
Substrand
Interacting in German

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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 Description

initiate, sustain and extend exchanges in familiar and unfamiliar contexts related to students’ own and others’ experiences of the world, adjusting their language in response to others

Elaborations

  • 1

    sharing and discussing personal information and views face-to-face or in secure online discussions about familiar and unfamiliar topics such as family, friends, school, leisure activities, and cultural practices, for example, Was findest du bei Freunden wichtig? Sollen alle Schulen eine Schuluniform einführen? Was lernt man, wenn man Sport treibt? Als Sie jünger waren, haben Sie …?

  • 2

    exchanging information and opinions with peers about a range of social and cultural issues, for example, communicating in a secure digital environment about die Schule der Zukunft or the causes and effects of Jugendarbeitslosigkeit, and giving reasons for opinions

  • 3

    initiating and sustaining conversation by using strategies such as active listening, asking for repetition, clarification or confirmation, and expressing agreement or surprise, for example, Was sagt ihr dazu? Ich bin damit einverstanden, Ist das dein Ernst? Wie meinen Sie das?

  • 4

    appealing to an audience, for example, Rettet die Regenwälder! Kauft Fairtrade Kleidung!

  • 5

    contrasting aspects of everyday life, past and present, and discussing reasons for these contrasts, for example, Heute haben wir das Internet. Damals gab es nur die Post. Jetzt kann man schneller miteinander kommunizieren.

  • 6

    discussing future plans such as further education and travel, for example, Ich werde sicher die 12. Klasse zu Ende machen und dann werde ich hoffentlich reisen, wenn ich genug Geld habe.

  • 7

    interacting with peers to express individual learning goals and learning strategies, comparing experiences and challenges such as Am schwierigsten finde ich die deutsche Grammatik. Und du?; Ich sehe deutsche Filme, um meine Aussprache zu verbessern, and monitoring progress towards achieving these goals, Heute habe ich gelernt, dass …

  • 8

    communicating using conventions popular with young German speakers, such as the use of interjections, contractions, abbreviations and acronyms in messages, for example, Komm’ doch mal her! hdgdl- Hab’ dich ganz doll lieb

  • 9

    reviewing others’ work constructively and responding to feedback, providing and justifying comments on general and specific points, for example, Ich finde deinen Artikel sehr informativ und überzeugend, weil du (zum Beispiel) viele Unterschiede und Ähnlichkeiten erwähnt hast.

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