AC9LH8EC06 Year 7 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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.

create spoken, written and multimodal, informative and imaginative texts using modelled Devanāgarī script, appropriate vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures, and some textual conventions

Elaborations

• 1

  writing modelled script and learning to type words and sentences in Hindi, incorporating word-processed Devanāgarī script into a variety of texts, with the Hindi Varnmala chart as support

• 2 creating and presenting multimodal texts to promote language learning and to maintain mother tongue, highlighting the advantages of being bilingual in a globalised world
• 3 creating a video or presentation for Hindi-speaking exchange students, introducing aspects of school culture, the staff, timetable, uniform, and available study and extra-curricular options, for example, स्कूल सुबह ८: ४५ पर शुरू होता है और दोपहर ३ बजे समाप्त होता है।
• 4 creating a print or digital poster in Hindi to promote travel to a significant cultural location on a First Nations Country/Place, including what to see and do
• 5 composing texts to entertain younger children, for example, by using dramatic and emotive words and vocal expression and sound effects to build suspense in an animated story example, दरवाज़ा खुला ... और एक परछाई दिखाई दी
• 6 producing bilingual signs or and posters to promote sustainability and waste reduction within the school community, for example, labelling bins and containers, इस कूड़ेदान में कागज़ डालें, यह पुनर्चक्रण का कूड़ेदान है ।
• 7 creating short stories with imagined scenarios and characters based on their personal interests and preferences, for example, a celebrity family, a new species of plant or animal, a parallel universe, or new superhero
• 8 composing and reciting poems or songs that incorporate elements of traditional or contemporary literary and musical forms for an assembly or verse-speaking competition, for example, भक्ति or वीर गाथा verse
• 9 designing a menu for their own restaurant with favourite foods and writing or performing a role play in a group to attend the restaurant and order food, for example, क्या मैं रोटी और बिरयानी खा सकती हूँ? कुल बिल कितना है?
• 10 mapping their own linguistic and cultural profiles, for example, by creating family tree or a digital profile to highlight formative elements such as family languages, key relationships and intercultural experiences

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