AC9LH10EU04 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.

reflect on and explain how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), attitudes, beliefs and values and how these affect ways of communicating

Elaborations

• 1 researching important cultural symbols and icons and how they relate to identity and national pride, such as symbols from religion, festivals, historical events or folklore and legends, for example, तिलक, ॐ, तिरंगा, गाय
• 2 reflecting on their own and each other’s use of Hindi and/or English identifying influences from other languages and cultures such as terms used in everyday language because of the influence of social media, popular culture and technology
• 3 talking with older relatives, special guests or communities about changes they have experienced in Hindi culture, beliefs and practices across their lifetime, such as simplifying traditional rituals, absence of chanting mantras, wearing of Indo-western versus traditional clothing
• 4 reflecting on and explaining the protocols required to authentically co-create an Acknowledgement of Country/Place with a First Nations Australian, to present in Hindi to a group of Hindi-speaking visitors at a school assembly
• 5 recognising that Hindi, like all languages, carries histories of contact with other languages and cultures, for example, by identifying and classifying words that originate in languages such as Arabic तलाक़, Japanese रिक्शा, Persian सरकार; and Turkish क़ुली
• 6 identifying words and phrases that fuse Hindi and English (Hinglish,) such as in Bollywood film titles and scripts, pop culture, advertising and to capture trends, for example, tension mat lo, Yeh Dil Maange More, ji Uncle / ji Aunty, sabse best friend
• 7 describing ways they adjust their interactions in different languages, situations and contexts, for example, comparing typical exchanges with Hindi-speaking friends or English-speaking friends in different situations
• 8 researching and classifying terms associated with customs, traditions and practices that have cultural significance or history and whose meanings are difficult to convey in other languages, for example, words associated with yogic practice such as संसार, मंत्र, कर्म, गुरू, ब्राह्मण, मोक्ष
• 9 examining the meaning of Hindi proverbs and how they reflect traditional cultural views, ideas and attitudes, for example, नाच ना जाने आँगन टेड़ा, जब जागो तब सवेरा, दिन में तारे दिखना
• 10 analysing their own cultural and linguistic biographies through talking to relatives to explore family heritage, migration and history and reflecting on how this can contribute to understanding their culture, identity and family traditions, for example, celebrating particular festivals or superstitious and spiritual beliefs

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