AC9LG10EC06 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor create spoken, written and multimodal, informative and imaginative texts, selecting vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures and textual conventions for familiar and some unfamiliar contexts and purposes, to engage different audiences

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• • Elaboration presenting information in a range of informative texts such as advertisements or slogans, 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
• • Elaboration explaining a procedure or activity using simple language and supporting graphics, materials and gestures, for example, how to play a game or sport, a cooking show segment, or fashion tips
• • Elaboration completing an application form such as an online application for services or for opportunities in student exchange programs or scholarships, and explaining reasons for applying
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration describing an imagined experience using a familiar text type, for example, a diary entry describing the first day as an exchange student in a German school, or a guide for a great birthday party
• • Elaboration creating an imaginative interaction incorporating communicative styles and social behaviours observed in German texts, 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
• • Elaboration creating an imaginative text such as a picture storybook, puppet play, short film, song or poem with particular themes or for imagined occasions, to entertain an audience, for example, Elfchen, a string poem or Konkrete Poesie

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• • Elaboration constructing texts, 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, hdl = hab’ dich lieb