AC9LMG10EC05 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor apply strategies to interpret and translate non-verbal, spoken and written interactions and texts to convey meaning and intercultural understanding in familiar and unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration examining and interpreting idiomatic expressions such as Πέρα βρέχει, including expressions that cannot be translated literally, for example, Tα έκανα θάλασσα
• • Elaboration evaluating information from different sources for relevance, cultural appropriateness and significance, for example, facts from a reliable website versus social media or word-of-mouth
• • Elaboration examining culturally specific terms such as το παλικάρι, η λεβεντιά, το φιλότιμο, το κέφι, developing appropriate explanations for them and discussing possible equivalent terms in English
• • Elaboration discussing colloquial language and culturally specific concepts used in Australia, such as ‘no worries’, ‘the bush’, ‘outback’, ‘dunny’, ‘waterhole’, and comparing with Greek expressions, for example, γκε γκε, έλα, παιδάκι μοιυ, and discussing what they say about culture and identity
• • Elaboration translating public signs, notices and slogans, comparing each other’s versions and considering reasons for any similarities or differences between their translations, such as use of different methods, or various interpretations, for example, Μην πατάτε το πράσινο
• • Elaboration being aware of ‘false friends’ and how these may lead to confusion or hinder translation, for example, κόσμος sounds like ‘cosmos’, which in English is outer space, but in Greek this word means ‘world’, λιμάνι pronounced ‘limáni’ sounds like it might mean ‘lemon’, but actually means ‘port’