AC9LG2U02 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.

recognise that the Roman alphabet and features of language are used to construct meaning in German

Elaborations

• 1

  developing familiarity with the alphabet in German and sound–letter correspondence through singing das Alphabetlied

• 2

  understanding that although German and English use the same alphabet, there are additional symbols in German: the Umlaut to alter the pronunciation of particular vowels, such as ä, ö, ü and the Eszett β

• 3

  identifying and naming letters, tracing words, and playing alphabet and spelling games, such as Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst using initial sounds or Galgenmännchen

• 4 noticing that all nouns are capitalised in German
• 5

  noticing that German has multiple words for ‘the’ and ‘a/an’, such as der Lehrer, eine Freundin

• 6

  using pronouns, such as ich, du, er, sie, es, wir and noticing that they are similar to English

• 7

  describing people, animals or objects using bin/bist/ist and an adjective, for example, Ich bin klein, Der Bär ist braun, Das Buch ist neu

• 8

  gaining awareness of vocabulary referring to time, for example, days, months, time of day, Morgen, Nachmittag, Mittag

• 9 exploring cardinal numbers 0–20 and recognising similarities and differences between how numbers are represented in English and German, for example, 1 with the lead in tail and 7 with the line through the stem
• 10

  understanding and describing actions using verbs such as gehen, kommen, machen, malen, lesen, schreiben, sehen, singen, spielen and wohnen

• 11

  negating verbs and adjectives using nicht, for example, Der Hund ist nicht braun, Ich schwimme nicht

• 12

  understanding and using some question words and the intended/related answer in limited contexts, including was, wer, wie, wo and wann

• 13

  understanding the location or origin of a person or object such as hier, links and rechts

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