AC9LMG8U03 Year 7 Languages

AC9LMG8U03 – 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

reflect on similarities and differences between Greek and English language structures and features, using metalanguage

Elaborations

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analysing features of texts that are constructed for a variety of purposes such as to request, instruct, invite or describe, for example, an invitation to a party or a greeting card, σας προσκαλούμε στη γιορτή του σχολείου μας
• identifying and comparing language structures and features used in Greek and English texts, such as the degree of formality, headings, and lexical and grammatical choices that distinguish textual purpose and audience, for example, different greetings and levels of formality expressed in conversations, speeches, emails and text messages
• reflecting on similarities and differences between Greek and English register and style in a range of contexts, for example, in songs, artistic graffiti and event invitations
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using metalanguage to refer to parts of speech, syntax and punctuation in Greek and/or English, for example, ουσιαστικό, ενικό, πληθυντικό, αρσενικό, θηλυκό, ουδέτερο, επίθετο
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comparing morphemes in Greek and English words, to help with spelling and to aid comprehension, such as auto-, demo-, -gram, hypo-, -ism, -logue, mono-, morph-, peri-, phil-, -phobia, psych-, -therm-, for example, δημοκρατία, γραφή, μονόλογος
• identifying Greek letters, words and morphemes encountered in other learning areas such as Mathematics, Science and Technologies, for example, π, Τριγωνομετρία, Πυθαγόρας, γεωμετρία, βιολογία, χλωρός, βακτηριον, τεχνολογία
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reflecting on the use of colloquial or abbreviated language in technology, for example, by email or phone, and the use of borrowed words from other languages, for example, στικάκι (memory stick), σερφάρω (surfing the internet)

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.