AC9LIN8EU04 Year 7 Languages

AC9LIN8EU04 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

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

recognise how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), attitudes, beliefs and values

Elaborations

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recognising aspects of regional culture in Indonesian texts such as Nama saya Sam Ratulangi. Saya berasal dari Sulawesi. Saya beragama Kristen. Saya berbahasa Bugis dan Indonesia.
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being aware that the classroom may have representations of different languages and cultures, for example, Saya orang Larakia. Dia …; Mereka …; Kami …; Kita …
• understanding the importance of using cultural gestures appropriately, for example, pointing with your thumb and using your right hand with users of Indonesian
• examining, in Indonesian or English, how First Nations Australians’ languages have strong connections to Country/Place locations, and how these can be compared with language variations or dialects across Indonesia
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appreciating that elements of Indonesian culture such as gotong royong, halus, sombong, sopan santun are reflected through behaviour and attitudes
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researching how cultural expectations for travellers vary across Indonesia, for example, Di candi Borobudur Anda harus memakai rok panjang. Jangan berenang dengan baju renang yang berwarna hijau di pantai Parangtritis.
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listening to songs and acknowledging how aspects of language, culture, attitudes, beliefs and values are represented, for example, Salam; Jogja Love Story

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANIND7_10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students use Indonesian 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 Indonesian 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. Students approximate pronunciation and intonation in spoken Indonesian. They demonstrate understanding that Indonesian has conventions and rules for non-verbal, spoken and written communication. They comment on aspects of Indonesian and English language structures and features, using metalanguage. They demonstrate awareness that the Indonesian language is connected with culture and identity, and that this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.