AC9LIT10U04 Year 9 Languages

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.

reflect on and evaluate how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), beliefs, attitudes and values and how these affect ways of communicating

Elaborations

• 1 evaluating self-profiles or autobiographies in formats such as journal entries, articles, captioned photo stories, digital accounts or short films, including episodes related to the experience of learning Italian language and culture, and express how these have had an impact on their understanding, attitudes or sense of identity
• 2 analysing correspondence with Italian peers to notice the questions that are asked about lifestyle and practices in Australia, and reflecting on their own questions and the assumptions these reveal
• 3 reflecting on aspects of their own experiences of intercultural communication such as instances of breakdowns or breakthroughs in communication, repair and recovery strategies, and responses to and insights gained through interactions; sharing experiences of successful interactions and communication
• 4 reflecting on and explaining the protocols required to authentically co-create an Acknowledgement of Country/Place with a First Nations Australian, to present to a group of Italian-speaking visitors at a school assembly
• 5 sharing ideas about themselves (describing memberships, special talents, explaining family traditions, etc.) and reflecting on themselves as communicators in Italian/English intercultural exchanges
• 6 considering how their identity has changed over time, based on experiences recorded in a journal throughout the school year
• 7 reflecting on how learning Italian has given them insight into the close connection between language and culture and evaluating how their own assumptions have changed
• 8

  sharing family and cultural traditions and experiences, considering how these have shaped and continue to shape personal identity, for example, Per la mia famiglia e' molto importante mangiare insieme ogni sera e mi piace perché parliamo di tutto e posso parlare della mia giornata ed esprimere le mie opinioni, così mi sento importante. Spesso parliamo di problemi e cosa possiamo fare così troviamo una soluzione insieme.

• 9 reflecting on own experiences of the influence of language and culture, identifying experiences of inclusion or exclusion, or the marking of respect, values and attitudes
• 10

  identifying specific expressions that reflect cultural concepts in different experiences and texts, for example, sono in pausa pranzo, faccio il pisolino, Andiamo a prendere un aperitivo.

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