AC9LMG10EU03 Year 9 Languages

AC9LMG10EU03 – Year 9 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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 and evaluate Greek texts, using metalanguage to discuss language structures and features

Elaborations

• applying knowledge of the interrelationship between context, purpose and audience to identify text type and predict the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary and expressions
• identifying how grammatical choices, words and images combine in a text to achieve particular intentions and effects, for example, the positioning of the reader through the use of personal pronouns, imperative verb forms and negative indicators, and emotive language and images
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comparing spoken and written forms of familiar types of texts in Greek and English and language functions such as spoken and written apologies or oral storytelling and written reports, noticing differences in grammatical, expressive and textual features, for example, Συγγνώμη που σε πλήγωσα με τις πράξεις μου versus Συγγνώμη.
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comparing Greek and English versions of familiar texts, commenting on similarities and differences in structure, syntax and cultural elements, for example, the adjective preceding the noun, νόστιμο φαγητό, and omission of subject and preposition, Πηγαίνω σχολείο
• interpreting and explaining textual conventions when using technology and secure social media in Greek
• recognising how Greek letters, words and morphemes are used globally in existing scientific and mathematical terms, and in the creation of new terms
• developing metalanguage and linguistic awareness to learn and discuss language structures and features in Greek and/or English, such as conjugation, syntax, adverb, conjunction

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recognising how grammatical and vocabulary choices shade meaning and establish register, for example, the use of formal or informal pronouns εσύ, εσείς, the use of forms of address, κύριος, κυρία, δεσποινίδα and the use of abbreviations such as π.χ, κτλ, Πσκ

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANMGR7_10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students initiate and sustain Greek language to exchange and compare ideas and experiences about their own and others’ personal worlds. They communicate using non-verbal, spoken and written language to collaborate, plan and reflect on activities and events. They interpret and analyse information and ideas in texts and demonstrate understanding of different perspectives. They synthesise information and respond in Greek or English, adjusting language to convey meaning and to suit context, purpose and audience. They use structures and features of spoken and written Greek to create texts. Students apply features and conventions of spoken Greek to enhance fluency. They select and apply knowledge of language conventions, structures and features to interact, make meaning and create texts. They support discussion of structures and features of texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own language use and cultural identity, and draw on their experience of learning Greek to discuss how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.