AC9LH10EU01 Year 9 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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 features of the Hindi sound system, including pitch, rhythm, stress, pronunciation and intonation, and show how these are represented in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• 1 applying the rules of Hindi pronunciation, spelling, punctuation and intonation, and using prior phonic knowledge to predict sound
• 2 distinguishing the difference between unaspirated and aspirated sounds and practising aloud, for example, क – करना, ख – खाना
• 3 recognising how words can be formed from base words and understanding how prefixes and suffixes change the meaning of words, for example, जीव, सजीव, जीवंत and the impact this has on pronunciation
• 4 understanding regular and irregular elements of spoken and written Hindi, such as the influence of accents and expression on pronunciation and spelling, for example, the use of वो in spoken Hindi in place of वह in written Hindi
• 5 listening to a range of audio texts such as station or airport announcements or recorded phone messages and responding to challenges associated with clarity, accent and pace in spoken texts
• 6 practising tongue twisters in Hindi to develop speed, confidence and fluency, such as खड़क सिंह के खड़कने से खड़कती हैं खिड़कियां, खिड़कियों के खड़कने से खड़कता है खड़क सिंह
• 7 recognising the ever-changing nature of spoken language and how it is influenced by local customs, cultures and regional languages, for example, the addition of honorifics such as ताई to women’s names by Marathi speakers and देवी to married women’s names by Biharis

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