AC9LMG10U01 Year 9 Languages

AC9LMG10U01 – 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

apply features and conventions of spoken Greek to extend fluency in responding to and creating texts in familiar and unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• recognising that pronunciation, rhythm, intonation and tempo help in making meaning in interactions and applying this knowledge to own communication
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applying accent rules with appropriate pronunciation to familiar and unfamiliar words, for example, τσάι, παίχτης, οικόπεδο
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applying appropriate pronunciation of ια, ιε, ιο, ιό, ιου with different preceding letters
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recognising that the sound ‘I’ is represented by the following letters, depending on the context: I, ι, H, η, Y, υ, Eι, ει, Οι, οι
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recognising the different pronunciation of the digraphs/diphthongs, for example, αυ – αυτοκίνητο and αυλή, ευ – ευχαριστώ and ευγενικός, μπ, ντ, γκ, γγ, τσ, τζ
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recognising that double letters in Greek, in most cases, have the same sound as single letters, for example, ιππόδρομος, Γιάννηςιππόδρομος, Γιάννης
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extending phonic awareness by using and experimenting with sounds and rhythms, for example, γέρος, γερός

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reinforcing pronunciation, phrasing and intonation skills by reciting and repeating difficult/unfamiliar words and/or tongue twisters, for example, Ο τζίτζιρας ο μίτζιρας ο τζιτζιμιτζιχότζιρας, ανέβηκε στη τζιτζιριά στη μιτζιριά στη τζιτζιμιτζιχοτζιριά, να κόψει τζίτζιρα μίτζιρα τζιτζιμιτζιχότζιρα
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comparing English and Greek sounds and spelling to support pronunciation of familiar and unfamiliar words and expressions, for example, astronaut/αστροναύτης, school/σχολείο, mathematics/μαθηματικά, history/ιστορία, geography/γεωγραφία trigonometry/τριγωνομετρία

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANMGRF10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students contribute to and extend interactions in Greek language in increasingly unfamiliar contexts related to a wide range of interests and issues. They interpret texts by evaluating and synthesising information, ideas and perspectives. They show understanding of how features of language can be used to influence audience response. They create texts, selecting and manipulating language for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. They apply and use complex sentences and structures to create and respond to spoken and written texts. They use a variety of tenses to sequence events and use language devices to enhance meaning and cohesion. Students incorporate the features and conventions of spoken Greek to extend fluency. They demonstrate understanding of the conventions of spoken and written texts and the connections between them. They apply knowledge of language structures and features to make and predict meaning. They support analysis of Greek texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own cultural perspectives and identity, and draw on their experience of learning Greek, to evaluate how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.