AC9LIT6U03 Year 5 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 5 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.

compare some Italian language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

Elaborations

• 1 talking about grammar, using terms such as ‘tense’ and ‘personal pronoun’, identifying language elements, and using metalanguage to discuss how they are used
• 2

  applying intercultural awareness when using metalanguage to explain to others learnt words and expressions, for example, applying practices relating to hospitality S’accomodi! Grazie per l’invito … Volentieri! Certo! Come no!

• 3

  explaining in English the meaning of culturally significant phrases and concepts encountered in everyday interactions and in signs such as È vietato calpestare l’erba, È vietato attraversare i binari.

• 4

  interpreting the meaning of particular word choices and gestures made in conversations between speakers of Italian, for example, explaining the use of idioms such as Diamoci del tu! Dai! Via! Evviva! Non vedo l’ora!

• 5 discussing the differences in register when using language in different contexts, for example, when giving an oral presentation to the class, talking to friends in the schoolyard, going shopping or visiting the doctor
• 6 developing metalanguage to describe patterns, grammatical rules and variations in language structure

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