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AC9LH2U03: Year 1 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding systems of language
AC9LH2U03 Year 1 Languages

AC9LH2U03 – Year 1 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 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

notice that Hindi has features that may be similar to or different from English

Elaborations

  • • understanding that English uses the Roman alphabet containing 5 vowels and 21 consonants, whereas Hindi uses Devanāgarī script containing 13 vowels and 40 consonants
  • • noticing differences in word order in Hindi and English sentences such as मुझे आइसक्रीम पसंद है। versus ‘I like ice cream’
  • • understanding Hindi and English texts as different forms of communication that can be spoken, written, digital or visual, recognising that they can be very short, for example, रुको, or much longer, for example, तुम ज़रा ठहर जाओ।
  • • recognising that different types of Hindi and English texts may have similar or different features, such as repetition and rhythm in action songs and rhymes, or similar beginnings to stories, for example, एक समय की बात है ... and ‘Once upon a time’
  • • identifying English loan words and expressions used in Hindi, understanding that they may be pronounced slightly differently, for example, phone is pronounced as फ़ोन and dollar as डालर
  • • noticing some examples of Hindi words that are used in English, for example, योग – yoga, साड़ी ¬– sari, खाकी – khaki, पायजामा – pyjama
  • • noticing similarities and differences in Hindi and English punctuation such as full stops
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  • • using some simple metalanguage to talk about Hindi and English language structures such as sentence, word, script, spelling and full stop

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 1 ASLANHINF10Y12
Year 1 Languages Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 2, students use Hindi language to interact and share information related to the classroom and themselves. They use cues to respond to questions and instructions, and use simple formulaic language. They locate and convey key items of information in texts, using non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They use familiar words and modelled language in Devanāgarī script to create text. They copy Devanāgarī script to make words. Students imitate the sounds and rhythms of spoken Hindi. They demonstrate understanding that Hindi has rules for non-verbal communication, pronunciation and writing. They give examples of similarities and differences between some features of Hindi and English. They understand that language is connected with culture, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).