AC9LH8EU01 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding systems of language

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.

Elaborations

• • 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)
• • 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।
• • 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
• • understanding the formation and pronunciation of conjunct consonants, for example, स+त→स्त in the word दोस्त
• • identifying and practising the discrimination of unaspirated and aspirated sounds, such as क-ख, द-ध
• • 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
• • 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

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard: