AC9LH8EU03 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.

compare Hindi language structures and features with English, using familiar metalanguage

Elaborations

• 1 comparing Hindi and English versions of text types such as phone conversations, business letters or sports reports, considering whether differences in style or structure reflect differences in cultural values or practices
• 2 recognising rules of structure and composition in Hindi and English poetry, for example, identifying patterns of rhythm, rhyme, repetition and meter in poems by सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान or जयशंकर प्रसाद
• 3 using metalanguage in Hindi and/or English such as verb, adjective, noun, preposition, to discuss parts of speech, for example, औरत सुंदर साड़ी पहन कर दिल्ली गयी थी।
• 4 recognising differences between the layout and language features of different Hindi and English texts and formats, such as चित्र-कथाएँ और लोक-कथाएँ
• 5 identifying similarities and differences between Hindi and English word order, punctuation and syntax, for example, Hindi subject+object+verb versus English subject+verb+object word order and full stops.
• 6 recognising Hindi words and expressions used in English and other languages, such as pyjamas, bungalow, sorbet, avatar, cashmere, juggernaut, yoga, sari, guru, thug, chutney, and researching their origins and comparing original and current meanings
• 7 finding examples of Hindi words that are increasingly incorporated into the English language and understood by bilingual speakers, for example, the familiar, affectionate use of यार and देसी, नमस्ते

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