AC9LH8U01 – 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

• • using prior knowledge of the Hindi sound system to predict spelling of new and unfamiliar words, or transcribing spoken texts such as poems or dialogues
• • recognising individual elements of spoken and written words, phrases and non-verbal forms of expression and noticing how they combine to make or change meaning
• • developing features of spoken Hindi, including intonation, tone and stress, to increase fluency and enhance expression in a range of activities such as listening to and repeating pronunciation using digital tools, reading aloud and conversing with a wider range of people
• • understanding that prefixes and suffixes change the meaning of words and that this can impact pronunciation, for example, जीव, सजीव, जीवंत
• • recognising how to pronounce and spell loan words commonly used in Hindi from Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic, such as क़ानून, फ़ालतू, and from English, such as ट्रेन, स्टेशन, स्कूल
• • practising tongue twisters in Hindi to develop speed, confidence and fluency such as खड़क सिंह के खड़कने से खड़कती हैं खिड़कियां, खिड़कियों के खड़कने से खड़कता है खड़क सिंह

Achievement Standard This Supports

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