AC9LG8U01 Year 7 Languages

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.

apply knowledge of conventions of spoken German to enhance fluency, and to respond to and create texts in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• 1

  applying correct pitch and stress in context, such as expressing emotions and Schadenfreude, for example, Du bist gemein! Das ist ausgezeichnet! Ha, ha, er hat verloren.

• 2 recognising and reproducing rhythms in complex sentences using pauses, intonation and emphasis
• 3

  exploring the German pronunciation of a range of loan words from English and other languages, for example, Job, Restaurant, Pizza

• 4 adjusting and applying intonation for statements, questions, exclamations and instructions
• 5 identifying key differences and examining pronunciation variations across different German-speaking countries, regions and dialects
• 6 applying pronunciation, rhythm and pace to enhance meaning, and creating effects in spoken texts such as stories, poems, songs and conversations

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