AC9LG2U02 Years 1 to 2 Languages

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

Elaborations

• • Elaboration developing familiarity with the alphabet in German and sound–letter correspondence through singing das Alphabetlied
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration noticing that all nouns are capitalised in German
• • Elaboration noticing that German has multiple words for ‘the’ and ‘a/an’, such as der Lehrer, eine Freundin
• • Elaboration using pronouns, such as ich, du, er, sie, es, wir and noticing that they are similar to English
• • Elaboration 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

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• • Elaboration gaining awareness of vocabulary referring to time, for example, days, months, time of day, Morgen, Nachmittag, Mittag
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration understanding and describing actions using verbs such as gehen, kommen, machen, malen, lesen, schreiben, sehen, singen, spielen and wohnen
• • Elaboration negating verbs and adjectives using nicht, for example, Der Hund ist nicht braun, Ich schwimme nicht
• • Elaboration understanding and using some question words and the intended/related answer in limited contexts, including was, wer, wie, wo and wann
• • Elaboration understanding the location or origin of a person or object such as hier, links and rechts