AC9LMG8U01 Year 7 Languages

AC9LMG8U01 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

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

apply knowledge of conventions of spoken Greek to enhance fluency, and to respond to and create texts in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

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αpplying knowledge of digraphs/diphthongs, consonant and vowel combinations, and double consonants, in increasingly challenging words, to enhance fluency and pronunciation, for example, Ευρώπη, ευτυχία, υρδαυλικός, Αυστραλία, ειρήνη, υφαίστειο, εισητήριο, αγκαλιά, στρογγυλό, συγγραφέας
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reinforcing the sounds represented by, for example, δ, θ, β, ξ, ψ, χ, and comparing similarities and differences between the Greek and Roman alphabets
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examining and applying the rules of accentuation when reading and writing Greek, including διαλυτικά, for example, κοροϊδεύω, λαϊκός, Αδελαΐδα, τσάι, νεράιδα, κομπολόι
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identifying differences in intonation and rhythm between statements, questions, exclamations and commands, for example, ορίστε/ορίστε; παρακαλώ/παρακαλώ; Είσαι μια χαρά, Είσαι μια χαρά; Είσαι μια χαρά!, identifying and using irregularities/contractions in the language, such as κι/και, μία/μια, δύο/δυο, πεντ’έξι, πάρ’το, σ’αγαπώ, μ’αρέσει
• applying prior knowledge of Greek pronunciation when reading unfamiliar words in texts
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reciting or making their own Greek tongue twisters and reading them aloud to develop pronunciation, speed and accuracy, for example, Φίλε, φέρε φίλους, φάτε, φύγετε

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANMGRF10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students initiate and maintain interactions in Greek language in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to a range of interests and experiences. They use Greek to collaborate and problem-solve, and adjust language in response to others. They interpret information, ideas and opinions in texts. They demonstrate understanding of similarities and differences between languages, in both familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts, by adjusting and reorganising responses. They select and use vocabulary, sentence structures and expressions to create texts. Students apply the conventions of spoken Greek to develop fluency. They demonstrate understanding that spoken, written and multimodal texts use different language conventions, structures and features to convey meaning. They comment on structures and features of Greek text, using metalanguage. They reflect on how the Greek language, culture and identity are interconnected, and compare this with their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.