AC9LMG6U01 Year 5 Languages

AC9LMG6U01 – Year 5 Languages: Understanding systems of language

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Understanding language and culture

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Understanding systems of language

This Content Descriptor from Year 5 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 knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

Elaborations

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using their prior knowledge of Greek pronunciation and sound combinations to predict how to pronounce unfamiliar words, for example, when encountering the syllable το in a new Greek word, applying Greek pronunciation instead of an anglicised version of the sounds
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varying intonation for statements, questions, interjections, exclamations and commands, for example, Είναι εδώ, Τι κάνεις; Πω πω! Σταμάτα! Άντε! Κρίμα! Μη μιλάς, Μη μιλάτε, Πρέπει να ...
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reading texts aloud and recognising and reproducing digraphs, diphthongs, trigraphs and syllables, for example, οι, ει, οικογένεια, αι, είναι, αυ, αύριο, αυτί, ευ, Εύα, ευχαριστώ, ου, παππούς, μπ, μπαμπάς, ντ, ντομάτα, αντίο, γγ, φεγγάρι, γκ, γκρι, τσ, παππούτσι, τζ, τζάκι, ντζ, Καλλικάντζαρος, ντρ, άντρας, μπτ, Πέμπτη, κτρ, ηλεκτρονικό, ρθρ, άρθρο
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recognising and beginning to use high-frequency words and phrases when speaking and reading, for example, είσαι, έχει, εγώ, εσύ, αυτός, τρέχω, διαβάζω, παίζει, στο σχολείο, τη Δευτέρα
• experimenting with rhythm, intonation and pronunciation to enhance fluency, for example, in activities such as readers’ theatre
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applying and using accent marks on all words which have more than one syllable and on a few monosyllabic words, for example, πού; πώς; ή, and recognising that the position of the accent mark can change the meaning, as in άλλα, αλλά, μάτια, ματιά, γέρος, γερός, πορτοκάλι, πορτοκαλί
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reciting tongue twisters to develop pronunciation and fluency, for example, Πέμπτη πέφτει ο πεύκος κάτω

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 5 ASLANMGRF10Y56

Year 5 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 6, students initiate and use strategies to maintain interactions in Greek language that are related to their immediate environment. They use appropriate sound combinations, intonation and rhythm in spoken texts. They collaborate in spoken and written activities that involve the language of planning and problem-solving to share information, ideas and preferences. They use strategies to locate and interpret information and ideas in texts, and demonstrate understanding by responding in Greek or English, adjusting their response to context, purpose and audience. They create texts, selecting and using a variety of vocabulary and sentence structures to suit context. They sequence information and ideas, and use conventions appropriate to text type. Students apply rules of pronunciation and intonation in spoken Greek. They apply conventions of spelling and punctuation, and use modelled structures, when creating and responding in Greek. They compare language structures and features in Greek and English, using some metalanguage. They show understanding of how some language reflects cultural practices and consider how this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.