AC9LMG10EC01 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor initiate and sustain interactions in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts to exchange ideas, opinions and experiences about their own and others’ personal worlds

Elaborations

• • Elaboration initiating conversations with peers, family and others, using expressions appropriate to context and audience, such as Πώς τα πέρασες το Σαββατοκύριακο; Πάμε για ψώνια
• • Elaboration sustaining face-to-face or online conversations on topics relating to teenage life, (parties, jobs, music, friendship, fashion, etc.) through active listening skills, turn-taking, non-verbal reactions (shrugging shoulders, head shaking, etc.) and spoken responses such as Γιατί δε μιλάς με το Γιάννη; Μαλώσατε;
• • Elaboration using a range of language structures and communication strategies to elicit others’ responses and express own opinions and experiences, for example, Τι νομίζετε; Πιστεύω ότι ..., Μ’ αρέσει περισσότερο η ελληνική μουσική από ..., Συμφωνείς;
• • Elaboration expressing hopes and ambitions, and giving reasons for plans, for example, Θέλω να γίνω μουσικός παραγωγός
• • Elaboration practising how to interact in unfamiliar contexts, such as what strategies and language to use and when, for example, helping a stranger with directions or discussing unfamiliar topics, using appropriate interjections, asking for clarification or repetition, asking to elaborate, Πού θέλετε να πάτε; Πηγαίνετε δεξιά και μετά στρίψτε αριστερά.
• • Elaboration experimenting with the use of interjections, exclamations and filler words to maintain flow, fill gaps, and build fluency and authenticity, for example, Βασικά … Δεν μου λες … Κοίτα … Εντάξει … Λοιπόν ...