AC9LIT4U03 Year 3 Languages

AC9LIT4U03 – Year 3 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

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

recognise familiar Italian language features and compare with those of English, in known contexts

Elaborations

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noticing how their own language influences expectations about Italian language, for example, seeing word order ‘back to front’, and, for example, realising where adjectives are placed in Italian il pennarello nero = the black marker pen
• noticing some commonalities between particular text types in Italian and English, for example, discovering that greeting cards in both English and Italian have a front cover with images or photos specific to the occasion, an opening and closing address, and a written message
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noticing that Italian, unlike English, uses cardinal numbers for dates except for the first of the month, for example, il 23 marzo, il primo giugno
• recognising differences in punctuation and capitalisation rules when writing, for example, omitting capitals for days of the week, months of the year and nationalities
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discussing the influence of English words on the Italian language and considering why word borrowing occurs, for example, discovering English words incorporated into Italian il tennis, i jeans, fare lo shopping, l’email and Italian words incorporated into English espresso, bellissimo
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identifying cognates, for example, nouns such as cioccolata, cinema, pera, parco and stazione; adjectives such as intelligente and interessante; and verbs such as arrivare, studiare, telefonare and visitare
• beginning to develop a metalanguage for talking about language

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 3 ASLANITAF10Y34

Year 3 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 4, students use Italian language to initiate structured interactions to share information related to the classroom and their personal world. They use modelled language to participate in spoken and written activities that involve planning. They locate and respond to key items of information in texts using strategies to help interpret and convey meaning in familiar contexts. They use modelled language and basic syntax to create texts.Students imitate sound combinations and rhythms of Italian language. They demonstrate understanding that Italian has non-verbal, spoken and written language conventions and rules to create and make meaning. They recognise that some terms have cultural meanings. They identify patterns in Italian and make comparisons between Italian and English. They understand that the Italian language is connected with culture, and identify how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).