AC9LG10U01 Year 9 Languages

AC9LG10U01 – 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 and conventions of spoken German to extend fluency in responding to and creating texts in familiar and unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

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listening to and/or viewing excerpts of authentic German conversations in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts, and identifying and applying variations such as contractions or differences in pronunciation, for example, zwei/zwo; nein/ne/nö
• recognising and using repetition, pauses and intonation to signal clause sequence and emphasis
• examining the role of pronunciation, pitch, rhythm, stress and pace in enhancing meaning and recreating effects such as mood or suggesting relationships, in familiar and unfamiliar spoken texts such as exclamations, emotions and humour in stories, poems, songs and conversations
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comparing features of German in a range of spoken texts, for example, reflecting on national/regional variations and the use of dialects in formal and informal contexts and, when appropriate, applying key differences and pronunciation variations to extend fluency, such as Kartoffel meaning Krombeere auf Schwäbisch, Gummel auf Schweizerdeutsch, Erdapfel auf Österreichisch
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analysing and comparing the use of contractions in German and in English and applying contractions in spoken German interactions, for example, Ich hab keine Lust or Mach’s gut!

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANGERF10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students contribute to and extend interactions in German language in increasingly unfamiliar contexts related to a wide range of interests and issues. They interpret texts by evaluating and synthesising information, ideas and perspectives. They show understanding of how features of language can be used to influence audience response. They create texts, selecting and manipulating language for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. They apply and use complex sentences and structures to create and respond to spoken and written texts. They use a variety of tenses to sequence events and use language devices to enhance meaning and cohesion. Students incorporate the features and conventions of spoken German to extend fluency. They demonstrate understanding of the conventions of spoken and written texts and the connections between them. They apply knowledge of language structures and features to make and predict meaning. They support analysis of German texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own cultural perspectives and identity, and draw on their experience of learning German, to evaluate how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.