AC9LH10EU02 Year 9 Languages

AC9LH10EU02 – Year 9 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

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.

Content Descriptor

select and use structures and features of the Hindi grammatical and writing systems to enhance meaning and create spoken, written and multimodal texts

Elaborations

• applying punctuation conventions, for example, full stop, comma, exclamation mark, brackets, apostrophe, speech marks and question marks
• understanding spelling and writing of unfamiliar words and basic joining (सन्धि) rules, such as इ+आ = ए
• linking ideas in sentences using conjunctions such as राम ने खाना खाया और सो गया।
• indicating situations and events by using past, present and future tense forms such as जाता था, जाता हूँ, जाऊँगा and using a range of tenses in complex sentences, for example, पिछले वर्ष जैसे हमने होली का त्योहार मनाया था, उसी प्रकार इस वर्ष भी हम होली का त्योहार धूमधाम से मनाएंगे।
• using cardinal and ordinal numbers for a range of purposes, for example, आधा, चौथाई, एक तिहाई, सैंकड़ों, हज़ारों, तीन गुणा
• using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives, for example, राजस्थान भारत का सबसे बड़ा और विशाल राज्य हैं।
• using a range of interrogatives and questioning techniques to make formal and informal requests and obtain specific information, for example, आपकी किताबें कहाँ हैं?, यह डिब्बा कैसे खुलेगा?, वहाँ कौन खड़ा हैं ?

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• using participles (पदबंध): डूबती हुई नाव – imperfect, डूबी हुई नाव – perfect, रोते हुए, लिखते हुए – adverbial present, वह लड़की का हाथ पकड़े हुए था, वाला – adverbial past, सब्जी वाला, डिब्बे वाला – as participle
• using a range of adverbs of time, place and frequency in a variety of sentences, such as आज, ऊपर, हमेशा
• understanding the function and use of case (कारक), for example, ने, को, से, के लिए, में, पर
• understanding that words from different registers may be used in various contexts for related concepts such as इंसाफ़ and न्याय
• extending knowledge of the use of the active and passive voice according to context, for example, राम उर्दू लिख रहा है। उर्दू लिखी जा रही है।

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANHIN7_10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students initiate and sustain Hindi language to exchange and compare ideas and experiences about their own and others’ personal worlds. They communicate using non-verbal, spoken and written language to collaborate, plan and reflect on activities and events. They interpret and analyse information and ideas in texts and demonstrate understanding of different perspectives. They synthesise information and respond in Hindi or English, adjusting language to convey meaning and to suit context, purpose and audience. They use structures and features of spoken and written Hindi to create texts. Students apply features and conventions of spoken Hindi to enhance fluency. They select and apply knowledge of language conventions, structures and features to interact, make meaning and create texts. They support discussion of structures and features of texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own language use and cultural identity, and draw on their experience of learning Hindi, to discuss how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.