AC9LMGF03 Foundation Languages

Content descriptor explore connections between language and culture

Elaborations

• • Elaboration exploring different languages and cultures of class members and identifying similar or different ways of expressing common terms such as yes/no, hello/goodbye
• • Elaboration exploring culture through play-based experiences such as drawing, games, dress-ups and crafts, highlighting what is important to them and personal practices, customs or language(s) used at home
• • Elaboration locating, with support, Greek-speaking countries on a world map, and understanding that there are Greek-speaking communities around the world, including Australia
• • Elaboration using the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) map of the languages of Australia to notice the language(s) of First Nations Australians in their local area and/or across Australia
• • Elaboration noticing how local names of streets, places and landmarks can have their origins in language(s) of First Nations Australians
• • Elaboration participating in a class or school event celebrating Greek culture, and trying some traditional food, games, listening to a guest speaker or dancing to traditional music, and reflecting on what they learnt and enjoyed
• • Elaboration using Greek versions of spontaneous exclamations to express reactions, for example, Ωχ! μ’αρέσει, μπράβο, όπα

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• • Elaboration observing, through the use of authentic video clips, cartoons and photos, the ways that members of Greek-speaking communities may do some things, for example, during mealtimes, when greeting others, or when celebrating