AC9LG6U04 Years 5 to 6 Languages

Content descriptor recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal and spoken communication

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• • Elaboration recognising that language use can have connections to cultural practices, for example, comparing traditional song ‘Wie schön, dass du geboren bist’ and ‘Happy birthday to you’, and considering how birthdays are celebrated in German-speaking countries or communities
• • Elaboration discussing situations of culturally inappropriate language use and noticing what makes them inappropriate and how this may be addressed, for example, addressing an adult who is not a family member with du instead of Sie
• • Elaboration noticing the impact of own assumptions about people from German-speaking countries, their language and culture, and considering how German speakers may also make assumptions and generalisations about Australians
• • Elaboration exploring, in German or English, how language and culture are expressed through First Nations Australians’ song, dance or artworks, considering similarities and differences in an aspect of the cultural expressions of German-speaking people or communities
• • Elaboration understanding the required level of politeness, depending on the relationship between speakers, in a range of familiar contexts such as in a school, on the street or at home
• • Elaboration identifying examples of current and historical influences of German-speaking countries and regions’ language and culture in the local and broader community, for example, in family heritage, place names, restaurants, businesses, food and other products
• • Elaboration exploring how geography and language are connected to lifestyle, education and language use, for example, school students’ break time activities, languages learnt in schools, and school systems such as Realschule, Gymnasium, Gesamtschule

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• • Elaboration recognising that texts such as stories have a social and cultural purpose, for example, the moral of a story such as Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, and comparing personal characteristics that are depicted in texts
• • Elaboration appreciating that gestures differ across cultures, for example, shaking hands is generally more common in German-speaking countries than in Australia and omission to do so may be considered impolite from a German perspective
• • Elaboration gaining an awareness of some regional variations in language, for example, in greetings such as the Swiss Grüezi and Austrian or Bavarian Servus, or the lack of the Eszett in Switzerland and Liechtenstein