AC9LMG2U01 Years 1 to 2 Languages

Content descriptor recognise and imitate the sounds and rhythms of Greek and learn how sounds are produced, and represented in the Modern Greek alphabet

Elaborations

• • Elaboration building phonic awareness by pronouncing, copying and writing alphabet letters with familiar sounds, for example, Οο, Ιι, Εε, Αα, Κκ, Ττ, Λλ, Ππ, Σσς, Μμ, Νν, Ηη, Υυ, Ωω, Ββ, Ζζ, Φφ, and building to more unfamiliar sounds, for example Γγ, Ρρ, Δδ, Θθ, Ξξ, Ψψ, Χχ
• • Elaboration recognising that most duplicated consonants in a word sound the same as the single consonants, for example, κόκκινο, Ελλάδα, άλλο, εννέα, ‘Αννα
• • Elaboration imitating the sounds, rhythms, intonation and stress of Greek, using hand gestures and non-verbal cues to assist learning
• • Elaboration locating and highlighting specific alphabet letters and accent marks in names, οr identifying vowels or consonants within words
• • Elaboration developing pronunciation, intonation and pace by singing, reciting and repeating alphabet names, for example, in the alphabet song or when referring to a letter in a word
• • Elaboration recognising and making simple syllables from consonant–vowel combinations, for example, μα, με, μη, μι, μο, μυ, μω and understanding that syllables can be joined together to make words, such as α-λά-τι and μά-τι
• • Elaboration identifying and pronouncing the most common digraphs/diphthongs, including μπ as in μπαμπάς and ου as in μου