AC9LG10EU01 Year 9 Languages

AC9LG10EU01 – Year 9 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

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 Descriptor

apply features of the German sound system, including pitch, rhythm, stress, pronunciation and intonation, and show how these are represented in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• examining the role of pronunciation, rhythm and pace in enhancing meaning and creating effects (mood, etc.) in spoken texts such as stories, poems, songs and conversations
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applying correct pitch and stress in context, for example, in exclamations or when expressing emotions and Schadenfreude, for example, Du bist gemein! Das ist ausgezeichnet! Haha, er ist an die Wand gelaufen!
• listening to and/or viewing excerpts of authentic German conversations in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts, noting examples of contractions and the impact of their use
• identifying key differences and examining pronunciation variations across different German-speaking communities and dialects
• recognising and applying rhythms in complex sentences, using pauses and intonation to signal clause sequence and emphasis

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANGER7_10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students initiate and sustain German language to exchange and compare ideas and experiences about their own and others’ personal worlds. They communicate using non-verbal, spoken and written language to collaborate, plan and reflect on activities and events. They interpret and analyse information and ideas in texts and demonstrate understanding of different perspectives. They synthesise information and respond in German or English, adjusting language to convey meaning and to suit context, purpose and audience. They use structures and features of spoken and written German to create texts. Students apply features and conventions of spoken German to enhance fluency. They select and apply knowledge of language conventions, structures and features to interact, make meaning and create texts. They support discussion of structures and features of texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own language use and cultural identity, and draw on their experience of learning German, to discuss how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.