AC9LMG6U03 Year 5 Languages

AC9LMG6U03 – Year 5 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

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

compare some Greek language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

Elaborations

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comparing familiar texts in Greek and English, and noticing similarities and differences between language structures and features, such as opening sentences, Once upon a time, Μια φορά και έναν καιρό
• recognising Greek morphemes – prefixes, suffixes and base words – in English, to help work out meanings of unknown words, for example, anti-, astro-, deca-, geo-, -graph-, hyper-, -ic, -itis, kilo-, macro-, mega-, -meter, micro-, neo-, octo-, -ology, pent-, photo-, -poly-, -scope, tech-, tele-, tri-
• understanding that some words derived from Ancient Greek are still being used today to create new words (neologisms) such as names of new technological/scientific discoveries, for example, disc, giga-, mega-, metro
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identifying familiar words in Greek and recognising their English equivalents, for example, το τηλέφωνο, η φωτογραφία, ο παιδίατρος, το δράμα, το θέατρο
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recognising that some English words are used in Greek, but that Greek equivalents to these terms often also exist, for example, το κομπιούτερ – ο υπολογιστής, μπλε – γαλάζιο, το μπάσκετ – η καλαθόσφαιρα
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expanding their understanding and use of metalanguage to discuss parts of speech, syntax and punctuation in Greek and/or English, for example, τελεία, ορθογραφία, ρήμα, adverbs, syntax, cognates, subject+verb+object

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.