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AC9LG4U03: Year 3 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding systems of language
AC9LG4U03 Year 3 Languages

AC9LG4U03 – Year 3 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
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

recognise familiar German language features and compare with those of English, in known contexts

Elaborations

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    comparing and matching key words in German and English, for example, names for German-speaking countries and some cities, Deutschland, Germany, Wien, Vienna; names for animals, der Hund, dog, die Katze, cat; names for family members, die Mutter, mother, der Bruder, brother; and names for leisure activities, Musik hören, listen to music, schwimmen, swimming

  • • classifying a range of German texts such as fairytales, recipes, instructions, advertisements, greeting cards, maps or songs, according to their purpose(s) such as to entertain, describe or instruct, and discussing and justifying their choices in English
  • • comparing the features of different types of German and English texts such as songs, a picture storybook, a cookbook or a comic, and identifying how different textual elements such as title, layout, script and images can combine to make meaning
  • • comparing wall calendars from a German-speaking country and Australia in terms of structure, public holidays, pictorial representation of seasons, and cultural influences
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    listening to the way animal sounds are expressed in German, such as in Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, and comparing them with English and other languages represented within the classroom, for example, Ein Hahn macht, kikeriki, ein Hund macht, wau wau

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 3 ASLANGERF10Y34
Year 3 Languages Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 4, students use German language to initiate structured interactions to share information related to the classroom and their personal worlds. They use modelled language to participate in spoken and written activities that involve planning. They locate and respond to key items of information in texts using strategies to help interpret and convey meaning in familiar contexts. They use modelled language and basic syntax to create texts. Students imitate sound combinations and rhythms of spoken German. They demonstrate understanding that German has non-verbal, spoken and written language conventions and rules to create and make meaning. They recognise that some terms have cultural meanings. They identify patterns in German and make comparisons between German and English. They understand that the German language is connected with culture, and identify how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).