AC9LG2U01 – Year 1 Languages: Understanding systems of language

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.

Elaborations

• 1

  building phonemic awareness by recognising and experimenting with sounds and rhythms, focusing on those that are novel and different from English, such as ch in ich and acht, u in du, r in rot and z in zehn

• 2 developing pronunciation, phrasing and intonation skills by singing, reciting and repeating words and phrases in context
• 3

  identifying and pronouncing alphabet letters with familiar to English sounds, for example, b, d, f, l, m, n, o, p, s

• 4

  experimenting with sounds, for example, aua for ouch, wau wau for woof woof, kickeriki for cock-a-doodle-doo

• 5 recognising that every language has its own words, sounds and gestures to make meaning

Related Achievement Standards