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AC9LIT4U04: Year 3 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture
AC9LIT4U04 Year 3 Languages

AC9LIT4U04 – Year 3 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 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

identify connections between Italian language and cultural practices

Elaborations

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    explaining the practices contained in texts to someone unfamiliar with Italian, for example, alla mensa scolastica; le vacanze estive; la passeggiata

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    showing awareness that some cultural expressions have no equivalent in the English language, for example, Buon onomastico, La Pasquetta, Ferragosto, Carnevale, Santo Stefano, Il Presepe

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    recognising similarities and differences between the meaning of signs and symbols in everyday life, for example, using Roman numerals, currency, toilet signs, and street signs such as Senso Unico and Zona Pedonale

  • • exploring representations of information, such as symbols used in cultural expressions of First Nations Australians, and making connections with those of Italian language and culture
  • • observing language used across generations such as noticing differences in words used by grandparents, parents and young people, and suggesting why these differences occur
  • • observing the connection between some names and regional and family connections or religions

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).