AC9LH6U03 Years 5 to 6 Languages

Content descriptor compare some Hindi language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

Elaborations

• • Elaboration understanding the significance and cultural importance of features of different types of texts in Hindi and English, for example, salutations, greetings and conveying respect, such as Dear/to ..., आदरणीय, पूज्य, मान्यवर, महोदय, प्रिय मित्र
• • Elaboration compiling a graphic organiser, poster, mind map or Venn diagram to illustrate differences in Hindi and English grammar and textual conventions, for example, the absence of articles and contractions, different word order and some adjectives used as verbs in Hindi, and the absence of grammatical gender and use of contractions in English
• • Elaboration comparing features of familiar genres of Hindi and English texts, and noticing similarities and differences between language features such as the use of tense, word order and sentence structure, for example, once upon a time ... -एक समय की बात है ..., many years ago … बहुत साल पहले
• • Elaboration considering how the choice of language features and text organisation reflect the purpose and audience of different types of text in Hindi and English, for example, when giving an oral presentation to the class, talking to friends in the schoolyard, going shopping or visiting the doctor
• • Elaboration exploring the influence of Sanskrit on Hindi by noticing Sanskrit words adopted and adapted in different ways, for example, कर्म, रात्रि, सर्प, काम, रात, साँप and other languages ड्रामा, सरकस, गलीचा, किताब
• • Elaboration comparing the use of Hindi in English texts and interactions and vice versa, discussing reasons why languages borrow from each other, for example, गोल, कैच, पॉप या रैप, पास्ता, नूडल्स, केचप/सॉस, माउस, कीबोर्ड, स्क्रीन, jungle, bandana, dinghy, pyjama
• • Elaboration beginning to use simple metalanguage, in both Hindi and English, to understand and discuss grammatical structures and features of texts, for example, संज्ञा – noun, सर्वनाम – pronoun, क्रिया – verb, विशेषण – adjective