AC9LG4C04
Years 3 to 4
Languages
AC9LG4C04 | Years 3 to 4 German: Mediating meaning in and between languages
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor develop strategies to comprehend and adjust German language in familiar contexts to convey cultural meaning
Foundation to Year 10 sequence
Strand
Communicating meaning in German
Substrand
Mediating meaning in and between languages
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 3 to 4 German · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration recognising that there are similarities and differences between German and English ways of showing politeness or formality, for example, the use of family names after Frau and Herr, responding to danke schön with bitte schön, using Sie in an appropriate context
- • Elaboration reading simple translations in German and English, noticing similarities, differences and challenges
- • Elaboration recognising that there are different and/or multiple words that communicate ideas across cultures, for example, Karneval, Fasching, Fastnacht, das Christkind, der Weihnachtsmann
- • Elaboration matching parallel expressions such as Hi/Tag, morning tea/Kaffeepause and Bless you/Gesundheit
- • Elaboration using cultural gestures in familiar contexts, for example, counting starting with your thumb
- • Elaboration discovering how their own language use influences expectations about German language use, for example, wanting to use one word for ‘you’, and not expecting to capitalise all nouns
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Read the full Years 3 to 4 German · Foundation to Year 10 sequence achievement standard