AC9LG8C01 Year 7 Languages

AC9LG8C01 – Year 7 Languages: Interacting in German

Strand

Communicating meaning in German

Substrand

Interacting in German

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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

initiate and sustain exchanges in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to students’ experiences, feelings and views, adjusting their language in response to others

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communicating in face-to-face or secure online guided discussions with peers and German-speaking contacts, to share information and ideas about familiar and some unfamiliar topics such as clothing, housing, social and cultural practices, for example, Was trägst du zur Party? Was isst man zum Frühstück in deinem Land? Wie feierst du deinen Geburtstag?
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discussing and giving opinions on familiar topics such as school life, neighbourhood, entertainment, sport and leisure, for example, Hast du ein Lieblingsfach? Ja, ich mag Deutsch. Wie findest du Mathe? Ich finde Sozi interessant. Und du? Ich wohne gern auf dem Land. Es gibt in der Nähe einen Fluss und einen Fußballplatz. Leider haben wir kein Kino. Gibt es einen Supermarkt, wo du wohnst?
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participating in conversations with peers using strategies such as active listening, asking for repetition, clarification and confirmation to sustain interactions, for example, Was denkst du? Was bedeutet das? Meinst du …? Was habt ihr gemacht?
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giving instructions to one or more peers, for example, Gib mir das Buch!
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recounting social and cultural experiences with others, for example, Wir haben eine Reise nach Neuseeland gemacht. Und ihr? Unser Campingplatz war direkt am See und wir sind jeden Tag geschwommen.
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posing and responding to questions about future plans, for example, Was wirst du in den Ferien machen? Wir werden zu Hause bleiben.
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discussing and sharing learning strategies, for example, Lerne jeden Tag zehn neue Wörter! Ich lerne Vokabeln am besten, wenn ich sie in einem Satz schreibe.

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writing texts using textual conventions popular with young German speakers, such as the use of contractions, abbreviations and acronyms in text messages, for example, 4u = für dich = for you, brb = bin gleich wieder da = be right back, 8ung = Achtung! sz = schreib zurück, sTn = schönen Tag noch
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contrasting aspects of past events in their everyday lives with others, for example, Du siehst sehr müde aus! Was hast du gestern gemacht? Hat der Film dir gut gefallen? Wollen wir ihn heute noch mal schauen?

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANGERF10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students initiate and maintain interactions in German language in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to a range of interests and experiences. They use German to collaborate and problem-solve, and adjust language in response to others. They interpret information, ideas and opinions in texts. They demonstrate understanding of similarities and differences between languages, in both familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts, by adjusting and reorganising responses. They select and use vocabulary, sentence structures and expressions to create texts. Students apply the conventions of spoken German to develop fluency. They demonstrate understanding that spoken, written and multimodal texts use different language conventions, structures and features to convey meaning. They comment on structures and features of German text, using metalanguage. They reflect on how the German language, culture and identity are interconnected, and compare this with their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.