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AC9LH8EU03: Year 7 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding systems of language
AC9LH8EU03 Year 7 Languages

AC9LH8EU03 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
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.

Content Descriptor

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

Elaborations

  • • 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
  • • 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
  • • 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।
  • • recognising differences between the layout and language features of different Hindi and English texts and formats, such as चित्र-कथाएँ और लोक-कथाएँ
  • • 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.
  • • 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
  • • 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

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANHIN7_10Y78
Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 8, students use Hindi language to interact and collaborate with others, and to share information and plan activities in familiar contexts. They respond to others’ contributions, and recognise familiar gestures, questions and instructions in exchanges. They recognise relationships between spoken and written forms. They locate and respond to information in texts and use non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They respond in Hindi or English, and demonstrate understanding of context, purpose and audience in texts. They use familiar language and modelled sentence and grammatical structures to create texts, with Devanāgarī script in writing. Students approximate pronunciation and intonation of spoken Hindi. They demonstrate understanding that Hindi has conventions and rules for non-verbal, spoken and written communication. They comment on aspects of Hindi and English language structures and features, using metalanguage. They demonstrate awareness that the Hindi language is connected with culture and identity, and that this connection is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.