AC9LG8EU01 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor recognise and use features of the German sound system, including pitch, rhythm, stress, pronunciation and intonation, and demonstrate understanding of how these are represented in familiar contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration practising pronunciation of particular sounds, rhythms and intonation patterns, for example, saying tongue twisters, rhymes and short poems such as Fischers Fritze fischt frische Fische, Acht alte Ameisen, Klein aber fein! Eins, zwei, Polizei
• • Elaboration identifying differences in intonation and rhythm between statements, questions, interjections and commands, for example, Du trinkst Wasser. Du trinkst Wasser? Du trinkst Wasser! Du, trink Wasser!
• • Elaboration comparing pronunciation and variation in some letters, for example, singing das Alphabetlied, and using the alphabet to spell German names and other words
• • Elaboration understanding that pronunciation may vary across different German-speaking communities and dialects
• • Elaboration recognising that loan words in German may differ in pronunciation or follow pronunciation patterns for other languages, for example, Handy, orange, Friseur, Restaurant
• • Elaboration developing an awareness of letter–sound relationships, including distinctive sounds such as those represented by the letters ch, r, th, u and z and consonant blends and clusters such as sch
• • Elaboration comparing and applying German sounds, such as short and long vowel sounds, and diphthongs, such as au, ei, eu and ie, and the impact of the Umlaut on a, o and u, and the double ss sound for ß