AC9LG2C04 Year 1 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 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.

notice that language carries cultural meaning in classroom-related greetings, introductions, instructions and routines

Elaborations

• 1

  recognising different forms of address and greeting, depending on the time of day, gender and social status of participants, for example, Tag, Luke! first names for peers, and Guten Morgen, Frau Stein! for the teacher

• 2

  understanding that learning German involves ways of using language that may be unfamiliar, for example, using Guten Appetit before commencing a meal

• 3

  conveying aspects of shared knowledge about German language and culture(s), such as pointing to places on a map or pictures of symbols or typical foods, for example, Das ist Deutschland/Österreich, Die Flagge ist …

• 4

  recognising that there can be different forms of address for the same person, for example, Mama, Mutti, Mami, Mutter

• 5 interpreting or translating, from German into English, greetings and other learnt language items for non-German speakers, such as a new student, a visiting parent or classroom teacher

Related Achievement Standards