AC9LG4U01 – Year 3 Languages: Understanding systems of language
This Content Descriptor from Year 3 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.
Content Descriptor
Elaborations
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recognising and using the Umlaut and Eszett to pronounce and write familiar German words, including differences in pronunciation of words with and without an Umlaut such as der Bruder, die Brüder
- • developing pronunciation, phrasing and intonation skills by singing, reciting poetry or reading a short text aloud
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understanding and practising sounds in German words that are different from English sounds, for example, Wasser, where w sounds like an English v and Vater where v sounds like an English f and words such as ja, rot, singen, Sport, zwei
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understanding that intonation patterns create different meanings, as in the distinction between statements, questions and exclamations, for example, Du bist acht. Du bist acht? Du bist acht!
- • identifying differences in regional accents and dialects to begin understanding language variation across German-speaking communities, for example, in everyday greetings
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comparing the rhythms and vocal effects in German and English versions of a favourite story such as Rotkäppchen or in a game such as Wie spät ist es Herr Wolf?
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applying learnt memory aids such as ‘when E and I go walking, the second one does the talking’, for example Reise, Riese