AC9LG8U04 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.

reflect on and explain how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), attitudes, beliefs and values

Elaborations

• 1 participating in cultural experiences and reflecting on cultural similarities and differences that are manifested through language, for example, eating at a Swiss restaurant/café in Australia, watching a German soccer match or Austrian skiing competition, or listening to a music performance on a radio station from Liechtenstein or Luxembourg
• 2

  reflecting on and explaining which aspects of culture and language use can be comfortably adopted and where adjustments should be made, for example, the use of Sie and titles, wearing of Hausschuhe, placing payment and receiving change on a tray rather than in the hand in a shop

• 3 exploring the impact of own assumptions about people from German-speaking communities, their language and culture, and considering how German speakers may also make assumptions and generalisations about Australians
• 4 examining, in German or English, how First Nations Australians’ languages have strong connections to Country/Place locations, and how these can be compared with language variation across German-speaking countries and regions
• 5 identifying different situations that require different levels of politeness depending on the context and speaker, for example, thanking a host parent or a peer for a gift, or apologising to a teacher or a family member for being late
• 6

  exploring how origin, geography and religion are integrally connected with lifestyle, daily practices and language use, Recycling, Kaffee und Kuchen, Wandern, Stehcafé, religious/public holidays, choice of Fremdsprachen offered in schools

• 7

  discussing in English the issue of identity and gender-inclusive language in German, for example, Schüler, Schüler und Schülerinnen, SchülerInnen/ Lernende

• 8

  understanding that German, like all languages, is constantly expanding to include new words and expressions in response to changing environments, due to globalisation, technology, language shifts and exchange, and intercultural experiences, for example, googeln, texten, chillen

• 9 comparing the use and cultural significance of gestures and body language in German and other languages, for example, not putting hands in pockets while talking with someone, and maintaining eye contact when appropriate
• 10 identifying changes in own ways of thinking about culture and identity, as a result of learning German

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