AC9LIN4C04 – Year 3 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages
This Content Descriptor from Year 3 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
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using texts such as public signs to understand gist and adapting to their own environment, for example, changing Awas gajah! to Awas kangguru! Hati-hati banyak sepeda motor! Hati-hati banyak mobil!
- • learning to use print and online dictionaries, for example, finding unknown words in texts to assist comprehension
- • using context in texts such as greeting cards, invitations or public signs to predict the meaning of unknown words and expressions
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collecting and using Indonesian words and expressions that do not translate easily into English, for example, kaki lima, warung, Kamu anak keberapa di keluargamu?
- • compiling a glossary or word bank of common Indonesian expressions and idioms that convey Indonesian cultural practices
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devising simple activities that involve alternating or combining repeated words or phrases in Indonesian and English, for example, using questions, idiomatic expressions, responses, etc. to develop skills in adjusting language to cultural contexts, for example, Makan apa sekarang? song with food items
- • using multimodal resources to compile customised word banks that students can utilise when talking about areas of personal interest
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- • experiencing different types of children’s texts and appreciating the elements of humour and drama, use of sound effects and facial expressions, and responding to the characters and events depicted in the texts
- • responding to informative and imaginative print and digital books, short-scripted plays, or animations that use familiar Indonesian words, by creating a class display of the key information and providing a glossary of new words and expressions