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AC9LIT8U01: Year 7 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding systems of language
AC9LIT8U01 Year 7 Languages

AC9LIT8U01 – 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

apply knowledge of conventions of spoken Italian to enhance fluency, and to respond to and create texts in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

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    examining differences in pronunciation of consonant and vowel combinations, double consonants, stress and accents, and applying to own work, for example, famiglie, gnocchi, chiese, barche, chiavi, cena; sono and sonno; vale and valle; felicità, capacità

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    recognising the differences in tone and rhythm between statements, questions, exclamations and commands when speaking, interacting and expressing emotions, for example, Vai a casa? Va’ a casa! Oh! E? Ahimè!

  • • recognising that language use changes according to the text type and modality, for example, comparing emails and letters, written notes and SMS, diary and interactive webpages to spoken language, and identifying differences in the use of language
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    identifying and comparing the features of language that distinguish the purpose for which it is used and the age and gender of the audience, for example, the difference between saying Non mi piace and Non mi piace per niente

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    recognising the importance of placement of stress on correct syllable for pronunciation of words that have similar spelling but different meaning, for example, subito/subito; ancora/ancora; leggere/leggere; perdono/perdono

  • • identifying the way in which the choice of vocabulary and grammar relates to variables such as age, social status, relationship and situation in both spoken and written language

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANITAF10Y78
Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 8, students initiate and maintain interactions in Italian language in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to a range of interests and experiences. They use Italian to collaborate and problem-solve, and adjust language in response to others. They interpret information, ideas and opinions in texts. They demonstrate understanding of similarities and differences between languages, in both familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts, by adjusting and reorganising responses. They select and use vocabulary, sentence structures and expressions to create texts.Students apply the conventions of spoken Italian to develop fluency. They demonstrate understanding that spoken, written and multimodal texts use different language conventions, structures and features to convey meaning. They comment on structures and features of Italian text, using metalanguage. They reflect on how the Italian language, culture and identity are interconnected, and compare this with their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.