AC9LG4U04 – Year 3 Languages: Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

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.

Elaborations

• 1

  recognising that language carries cultural ideas, for example, Sommerbeginn, which is officially 1 December in Australia but 21/22 June in Europe; hitzefrei, ‘heat-free’, referring to the practice of dismissing students early from school if a certain temperature is reached or forecast

• 2

  exploring cultural practices and language related to foods in German-speaking countries, for example, Abendbrot and Spaghettieis

• 3

  identifying ways in which German language and culture, for example, types of food such as Sauerkraut, types of sausage, Gummibärchen, influence the lives of Australians

• 4 exploring representations of information used in cultural expressions of First Nations Australians and making connections with those of German language and culture, for example, discovering different regional words used by First Nations groups to identify themselves, such as Zenadth Kes, Koori, Koorie, Noongar and Nunga, and finding out if similar identification occurs in German-speaking cultural groups
• 5

  recognising that politeness and formality may be communicated differently in German-speaking communities, for example, the use of Frau/Herr Schmidt and the use of du/Sie

• 6 recognising that German is an official language of multiple countries and regions, including the ‘DACHL’ countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein), Belgium, Luxembourg and South Tyrol, and identifying their locations on a world map
• 7

  learning about the school system in German-speaking countries where the Grundschule is generally for Year Levels 1 to 4

• 8

  recognising character traits and values and comparing them with familiar stories in English, for example, the wolf in Rotkäppchen

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