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AC9LIT8U03: Year 7 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding systems of language
AC9LIT8U03 Year 7 Languages

AC9LIT8U03 – 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

reflect on similarities and differences between Italian and English language structures and features, using metalanguage

Elaborations

  • • discussing language features and word order and similarities and differences between Italian and English, using relevant metalanguage such as ‘verbs’, ‘adjectives’, ‘nouns’ and ‘pronouns’
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    noticing differences in modality and politeness between Italian and English, for example, posso Vs potrei; devo Vs dovrei

  • • describing and applying the main features of familiar text types in Italian, for example, letter, email, description, narrative, report
  • • observing that texts are constructed for a variety of purposes (to request, to instruct, to invite, to describe, etc.) and for a variety of audiences such as child/adult, known/unknown people
  • • comparing aspects of Italian texts with the way similar issues are portrayed in English language texts
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    noticing when and how hybrid forms are used in Italian and English, for example, use of numbers, mathematical symbols, single letters and acronyms to replace words in SMS messaging, such as TVTB (ti voglio tanto bene), 6 (sei), x (per)

  • • reflecting on the impact of the media on the Italian language by analysing headlines, advertisements and news reports, and comparing these with texts in English (comparisons of vocabulary or syntax, etc.) noticing how English is modifying Italian in particular spheres, for example, language used in the entertainment industry, in movies and television series; and language used to express contemporary concepts (match, hardware, fast food, acquagym, relax, weekend, budget, fiction)
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  • • reflecting on cognates and borrowed/loan words in both Italian and English that have come from other languages such as Latin and Greek, for example, agenda, census, via, metafora, stigma

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.