AC9LG10EU03 Year 9 Languages

AC9LG10EU03 – 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

reflect on and evaluate German texts, using metalanguage to discuss language structures and features

Elaborations

• applying knowledge of the interrelationship of context, purpose and audience, using knowledge of text types and their use to predict the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary in texts
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extending understanding of metalanguage to communicate in German and English about case, word order, verb tenses and moods, for example, Dativ, Wechselpräpositionen, das Imperfekt, der Imperativ, Hilfsverben, trennbare Verben
• identifying how grammatical choices, words and images combine in a text to achieve intentions and effects, for example, the positioning of the reader in advertisements using personal pronouns, imperative/interrogative verb forms and emotive language and images
• analysing structural and linguistic differences through reading, viewing, listening to and/or performing texts with common content, for example, print, radio and television advertisements for the same product
• understanding, creating or transforming texts with different purposes to persuade or to entertain different audiences such as children, German speakers, people living in Australia, using different text formats, for example, creating an infographic, advertisement or brochure
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analysing differences in register and style when using language in different contexts, for example, watching video clips showing introductions, greetings and farewells in different situations, or noticing the use of Jugendsprache in songs, graffiti and text messages
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interpreting, evaluating and explaining textual conventions popular with young German speakers, such as the use of contractions, abbreviations and acronyms in text messages, for example, 4u = für dich = for you, brb = bin gleich wieder da = be right back, 8ung = Achtung! sz = schreib zurück, sTn = schönen Tag noch

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analysing linguistic choices in a range of texts, for example, language for addressing potential conflict involving an apology and outcome, dealing with a contentious issue, expressing agreement and disagreement in different ways, Ich bin nicht damit einverstanden. Das stimmt nicht ganz. Ich sehe das anders.

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.