AC9LG10C05 Year 9 Languages

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.

create and present informative and imaginative texts for diverse contexts and purposes, selecting vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures and a range of features and conventions to engage different audiences

Elaborations

• 1

  presenting information in a range of informative texts such as advertisements or slogans, using visual images and/or sound effects to enhance meaning for different target audiences and cultural contexts, for example, an advertisement for young German-speaking travellers looking for work in Australia, indicating different regional employment possibilities and providing key points of information about each region, Farmarbeit in Queensland, Kindermädchen im Outback, Küchenhilfe an der Südküste

• 2 explaining a procedure or activity using stimulus material with supporting graphics and gestures, for example, a video describing the process of recycling a plastic bottle, a cooking show segment, a fitness routine
• 3

  creating a multimodal presentation, comparing different perspectives of the same event or a topical issue such as Generationenbeziehungen, Nachhaltigkeit, gesundes Essen

• 4 writing a journal entry, or contributing to a school newsletter in German reflecting on the impact of a visit to a significant cultural location on a First Nations Country/Place, and, with permission, referring to cultural knowledge of the site
• 5

  describing an imagined experience, for example, a social media post describing their first day as an exchange student in a German-speaking community or composing a journal entry from the perspective of a teenager living in a different time and/or place such as im Jahr 2050, in der BRD und/oder DDR in den 70er Jahren, vor der Wiedervereinigung

• 6 creating texts with various settings, characters and events, such as animated stories, games or short films, selecting appropriate vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures, and a range of features and conventions to engage different audiences
• 7

  composing and performing poems, songs, monologues or dialogues to evoke amusement, sympathy or surprise, for example, creating performances that reflect significant German-speaking communities or Australian celebrations or historical events, for example, Tag der Deutschen Einheit, Schweizer Bundestag, Maifeiertag, Sonnenwende, National Sorry Day, Anzac Day

• 8 creating visual displays of information for a specific purpose or to engage different audiences, selecting expressions, grammatical structures and visual aids appropriate to the text type, for example, an infographic or advertisement highlighting features of lifestyle or experiences of German-speaking people such as educational opportunities, outdoor and sporting activities across the seasons, or a typical weekend for a teenager
• 9

  applying for opportunities such as student exchange programs or scholarships, giving details of education, work experience, skills and interests, for example, creating a Lebenslauf or writing a formal letter to apply for a position, using appropriate language conventions such as Sehr geehrte/r …, Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Ich bin für diese Position geeignet, da ich …

• 10 recreating an imaginative written text such as a short story, song or poem with particular themes or for imagined occasions, to entertain an audience, for example, creating the next scene, a new character, a new character’s perspective, or an alternative ending
• 11 creating an imaginative interaction incorporating communicative styles and social behaviours observed in German language texts and selecting appropriate language and grammatical structures, for example, a digital persona or avatar in a German-speaking fantasy world or imagining they are the ‘characters’ in a painting and creating a scenario and dialogue
• 12

  constructing texts to friends, applying knowledge of textual conventions popular with young German speakers, for example, using contractions, abbreviations and acronyms in text messages and informal emails, sz – schreib zurück, lg – Liebe Grüße

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