AC9LG8U03 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor reflect on similarities and differences between German and English language structures and features, using metalanguage

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• • Elaboration comparing and contrasting German and English language use in similar situations and in texts with similar content, such as advertisements or student blogs about school issues
• • Elaboration reflecting on the interrelationship of context, purpose and audience, using knowledge of text types in German and English to predict the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary in texts, for example, analysing types of personal, informative and persuasive texts, or different samples of a particular text type, to determine the targeted audience(s), and describing the techniques and conventions
• • Elaboration understanding and observing that texts have different purposes, for example, to persuade, to inform or to entertain different audiences such as children, young people, German speakers, people living in Australia
• • Elaboration extending understanding of metalanguage to communicate in German and English about case, word order, verb tenses, for example, Dativ, Wechselpräpositionen, das Perfekt, Hilfsverben, trennbare Verben
• • Elaboration understanding that English grammar used to be more closely aligned with German grammar, and that English has changed, for example, recognising the link between the Middle English “What thinkest thou?” and Was denkst du?
• • Elaboration comparing German and Australian English language examples of a particular genre for cultural and stylistic differences, for example, iconic television series such as a crime series
• • Elaboration interpreting and evaluating textual conventions popular with young German speakers and making comparisons with their use in English, for example, the use of contractions, abbreviations and acronyms in text messages, 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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• • Elaboration describing relationships between language, structure and textual purpose, for example, in a personal text using informal register such as a thank-you email to a friend, Liebe Grüße; du; Dein(e) X and comparing this with English