AC9LG2U03 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 German has features that may be similar to or different from English

Elaborations

• 1

  distinguishing between German and English in spoken and written form, Ist das Deutsch oder Englisch?, considering factors such as pronunciation, capitalisation of nouns, for example, Baby, singen, braun, Klasse

• 2

  comparing greetings and terms for numbers, family members and familiar objects in German, English and other known or common languages, and noting similarities/differences in use, spelling and pronunciation, for example, formal and familiar language, Guten Morgen/Good morning and Morgen!/Morning!

• 3

  reading or viewing authentic German storybooks or simple texts and noticing similarities and differences between German and English, for example, naming key features Titel, Seite and Bild

• 4

  singing and comparing familiar songs, such as ‘Zum Geburtstag viel Glück!’/‘Happy birthday to you’ and ‘O Tannenbaum’/‘Oh Christmas Tree’

• 5

  recognising that English and other languages have borrowed German words, for example, hamburger, kindergarten and glockenspiel, and that many words are shared across languages, for example, Computer, Bus, Taxi and Auto

• 6

  differentiating between similar sounding German and English words, for example, der Ball/ball, der Freund/friend, die Schule/school

• 7

  identifying and comparing similarities and differences between some words such as Bruder/brother, where both start with a ‘br’ and end with ‘er’

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