AC9LH2U04 – Year 1 Languages: Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

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.

Elaborations

• • comparing language use and cultural gestures in similar social situations in Hindi and English, for example, comparing the language used when giving or receiving a gift or offering congratulations at a significant life event
• • noticing how gestures and body language can be similar or different among cultures, and how these reflect culture, such as the way Hindi speakers move their heads when saying अच्छा, fold their hands and bow when saying नमस्ते to an older person, touch the feet of older people and say प्रणाम, or hold the ear lobe when apologising
• • noticing similarities and differences in how they communicate in Hindi in the classroom and in languages spoken at home, for example, बेटा, बेटी, being called मुन्ना, मुन्नी
• • exploring symbols and languages used by First Nations Australians and by Hindi-speaking communities in a range of contexts, for example, identifying the colours of flags in Hindi and discussing what they represent in English
• • identifying themselves as belonging to different groups such as family, community or peer groups, for example, मैं भारतीय ऑस्ट्रेलियन हूँ, मैं एक लड़का हूँ और पहली कक्षा में पढ़ता हूँ and representing these relationships through drawing pictures, adding captions to photos or in digital text creation
• • noticing that there are variations of cultures and spoken Hindi in communities and countries throughout the world, including Australia, for example, संतरी or केसरी, अमरूद or जामफल
• • participating in cultural experiences and celebrations, such as a cooking demonstration, dressing in traditional clothes or learning a new dance, and using some associated language and gestures, for example, अतिथि देवो भव

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard: