AC9LH10EU03 Year 9 Languages

AC9LH10EU03 – 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

reflect on and evaluate Hindi texts, using metalanguage to discuss language structures and features

Elaborations

• recognising the significance and cultural importance of features of different types of texts in Hindi and English, such as forms of address or language associated with rituals or celebrations, and understanding how these vary according to the context, occasion and intended audience such as आदरणीय, पूज्य, मान्यवर, महोदय (formal) प्रिय मित्र (informal)
• identifying the intended purpose and audience of texts by analysing language features and text structures, such as colourful expressive and persuasive language in advertisements compared with economical and factual language in product labelling or signage, and applying their understanding to the creation of their own texts
• comparing the language used in invitations, for example, a wedding or engagement versus a message to a friend, for example, मोहन और गीता की सगाई के शुभ अवसर पर आपकी परिवार सहित उपस्थिति प्रार्थनीय है। क्या तुम... के दिन… समय मुझे मिल सकते हो?
• building and expanding metalanguage to describe grammatical concepts and to organise learning resources such as verb charts, vocabulary lists and parts of speech such as pronouns, adverbs and adjectives
• recognising language features of Hindi and English versions of genres such as news headlines or school reports, noticing differences that appear to be culturally significant
• noticing and explaining differences in text structure and grammar between formal and informal Hindi and English use, for example, between the structure of a business letter and an informal email, आपको सूचित किया जाता है..., मैं तुम्हें बताता हूँ...
• analysing persuasive texts such as advertisements, slogans or speeches, recognising the use of rhetorical devices and emotive language to engage the intended audience

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.