AC9LMG8EU01 Year 7 Languages

AC9LMG8EU01 – Year 7 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 7 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

recognise and use features of the Greek sound system, including pitch, rhythm, stress, pronunciation and intonation, and demonstrate understanding of how these are represented in familiar contexts

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differentiating between the sounds of the 24 letters in the Modern Greek alphabet, understanding individual letter names and that there are upper-case and lower-case letters, 7 vowels and 17 consonants, and that ‘ς’ (τελικό σίγμα) only appears on the ends of words
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observing the mouth shape and tongue position to experiment with producing a range of sounds, including sounds that may not be used in English, for example, γ, δ
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recognising and pronouncing 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 unfamiliar sounds such as Γγ, Ρρ, Δδ, Θθ, Ξξ, Ψψ, Χχ
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recognising and producing syllables from vowel–consonant 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
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distinguishing the different use of σ/ς and applying in context, for example, σαλάτα and φίλος
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experimenting with tongue twisters to build vocabulary and improve pronunciation, such as Ο παπάς ο παχύς έφαγε παχιά φακή. Γιατί παπά παχύ έφαγες παχιά φακή;
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recognising and using vowel digraphs δίψηφα φωνήεντα such as αι, ει, οι, αυ, ευ and ου in ουρανός, οικογένεια, πεύκο

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identifying and using consonant digraphs δίψηφα σύμφωνα such as γγ, γκ, μπ, τσ, τζ, ντ, in φεγγάρι, μπανάνα
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using vowels to create same sounds that can be represented by more than one letter, for example, ι, η, υ, ει, οι as ποίημα
• understanding and applying appropriate intonation for questions, statements, commands and interjections
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learning about the accent on top of vowels within polysyllabic words, for example, ποτήρι, κυρία, μπάλα with the exception of που/πού, πώς/πως, ή/η

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANMGR7_10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students use Greek language to interact and collaborate with others, and to share information and plan activities in familiar contexts. They respond to others’ contributions, and recognise familiar gestures, questions and instructions in exchanges. They recognise relationships between spoken and written forms. They locate and respond to information in texts and use non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They respond in Greek or English, and demonstrate understanding of context, purpose and audience in texts. They use familiar language, and modelled sentence and grammatical structures to create texts. Students approximate pronunciation and intonation in spoken Greek. They demonstrate understanding that Greek has conventions and rules for non-verbal, spoken and written communication. They comment on aspects of Greek and English language structures and features, using metalanguage. They demonstrate awareness that the Greek language is connected with culture and identity, and that this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.