AC9LMG2U04 Year 1 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 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.

notice that people use language in ways that reflect cultural practices

Elaborations

• 1 noticing non-verbal forms of communicating with each other in Greek and English, such as ways of greeting, and how body language can be used to express agreement, disagreement, preferences, feelings and emotions
• 2

  comparing aspects of their own and Greek-speaking children’s lifestyles, family interactions and celebrations, for example, daily greetings, main meal of the day and associated language such as ορίστε, καλή όρεξη

• 3 identifying terms and concepts that can be used to help understand and discuss culture, for example, flags, food, national costumes, the owl as a symbol of education, famous buildings and treasures, national emblems, sporting emblems/jumpers
• 4 exploring symbols and languages used by First Nations Australians and by Greek-speaking communities in a range of contexts, for example, identifying the colours of flags in Greek and discussing what the colours represent in English
• 5

  exploring the significance of different Greek cultural practices, activities and games, for example, using a κομπολόι, making red and white Μαρτάκια bracelets for March, flower wreaths for Πρωτομαγιά – 1 May, οr making masks or kites for Απόκριες

• 6

  recognising that words and behaviours may reflect aspects of culture and identity, for example, γλέντι, κέφι, χρόνια πολλά, όπα!, and that it may be hard to explain their meaning or capture the full essence in English

• 7 participating in an ‘Ancient Greek Day’ with invited guests, assisting in the preparation of some traditional Ancient Greek food, or participating in a mini version of the Olympics, using and teaching related vocabulary and presenting winners with a laurel wreath

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