AC9LIT10U01 Year 9 Languages

AC9LIT10U01 – Year 9 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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

apply features and conventions of spoken Italian to extend fluency in responding to and creating texts in familiar and unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• demonstrating control of consonant and vowel combinations, double consonants, intonation, stress and accents when reading aloud
• applying appropriate pauses, pace and expression to interpret language devices (onomatopoeia, alliteration, etc.) to convey emotion and feelings when reading out loud
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stressing the correct syllable when using the imperfect tense in Italian, for example, ascoltavo, ascoltavi, ascoltava, ascoltavamo, ascoltavate, ascoltavano
• applying correct pronunciation, intonation, rhythm and pace to assist in making meaning in interactions, and applying this knowledge to their own communication, for example, reading stories to young children and asking questions, expressing emotions, exclamations and commands

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANITAF10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students contribute to and extend interactions in Italian language in increasingly unfamiliar contexts related to a wide range of interests and issues. They interpret texts by evaluating and synthesising information, ideas and perspectives. They show understanding of how features of language can be used to influence audience response. They create texts, selecting and manipulating language for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. They apply and use complex sentences and structures to create and respond to spoken and written texts. They use a variety of tenses to sequence events and use language devices to enhance meaning and cohesion.Students incorporate the features and conventions of spoken Italian to extend fluency. They demonstrate understanding of the conventions of spoken and written texts and the connections between them. They apply knowledge of language structures and features to make and predict meaning. They support analysis of Italian texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own cultural perspectives and identity, and draw on their experience of learning Italian, to evaluate how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.