AC9LH8EU01 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor recognise and use features of the Hindi sound system, including pitch, rhythm, stress, pronunciation and intonation, and demonstrate understanding of how these are represented in familiar contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration understanding that the Hindi sound system is represented in the Devanāgarī script by 13 letters classified as vowels (अ-अः) and 33 consonants (क-ह and ड़-ढ़)
• • Elaboration developing phonic awareness by recognising and experimenting with a range of sounds and noticing those that are new and challenging, for example, त, थ, ग, घ, ट, द, ध।
• • Elaboration recognising and distinguishing the matra form of vowels and their long and short vowel sounds, such as ि, ी, and practising pronunciation of vowel sounds in conjunction with consonants कइ/कि, कई/की
• • Elaboration understanding the formation and pronunciation of conjunct consonants, for example, स+त→स्त in the word दोस्त
• • Elaboration identifying and practising the discrimination of unaspirated and aspirated sounds, such as क-ख, द-ध
• • Elaboration recognising that Hindi vowels can be pronounced with a nasal quality added to them which is represented by either a (चँद्रबिंदु) or (बिंदु) above the headstroke, for example, हाँ, मैं
• • Elaboration understanding how new loan words are constructed in Hindi, for example, English ‘t’ and ‘d’ sounds are represented as ट and ड, the replacement of English ‘th’ sounds by थ and how English vowels such as short ‘a’ sounds are replaced by Hindi vowel sounds such as in डॉलर versus डालर

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• • Elaboration recognising that there are many different Indian languages and dialects spoken in India and other regions of the world, such as Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Panjabi, Marathi, involving variations in pronunciation, accents, and vocabulary