AC9LIT8EU03 Year 7 Languages

AC9LIT8EU03 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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

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

Elaborations

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talking about language features and word order using relevant metalanguage such as verbs/processes – doing/being/having/thinking verbs such as gioco/sono/ho/penso/mi piace, nouns, articles, adjectives, pronouns, conjunctions and clauses, and comparing grammatical features in Italian and English
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discussing the concept of number and gender – singular, plural, masculine, feminine, for example, Penna è femminile perché ha la ‘a’ finale ed è singolare
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explaining the use of language (polite and familiar forms, etc.) and comparing the use of register in Italian and English texts; understanding cultural expectations in language use based on gender, age, social status, and purpose of interaction, for example, discussing appropriate greetings for people of different ages and/or status (a neighbour or teacher) and comparing register in a range of texts and explaining the use of language such as polite and familiar forms, Ciao/Buongiorno; Scusa/Scusi; Come stai?/Come sta?
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noticing global and cultural influences on the Italian language and discussing when and how hybrid forms are used such as the influence of English in advertising/technology (cliccare, postare, chattare), numbers, mathematical symbols, sport (fare il footing), and single letters and acronyms TVTB (ti voglio tanto bene), 6 (sei), x (per)) to replace words in SMS messaging
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understanding the influence of other cultures on Italian language, for example, the use of borrowed words such as un tailleur, la roulotte, il wurstel, il krapfen, il weekend, il footing and borrowing, and adapting of technical terms, for example, il mouse, la password, chattare

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANITA7_10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students use Italian language to interact and collaborate with others, and to share information and plan activities in familiar contexts. They respond to others’ contributions, and recognise familiar gestures, questions and instructions in exchanges. They recognise relationships between spoken and written forms. They locate and respond to information in texts and use non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They respond in Italian or English, and demonstrate understanding of context, purpose and audience in texts. They use familiar language, and modelled sentence and grammatical structures to create texts, and demonstrate understanding of how some language reflects cultural practices.Students approximate Italian sound patterns, intonation and rhythms, and demonstrate understanding that Italian has conventions and rules for non-verbal, spoken and written communication. They comment on aspects of Italian and English language structures and features, using metalanguage. They demonstrate awareness that the Italian language is connected with culture and identity, and that this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.