AC9LRF8U01 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor apply knowledge of conventions of spoken [Language] to enhance fluency, and respond to and create texts, in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration reading aloud for meaning using appropriate intonation, stress and tone to demonstrate comprehension of sound-symbol relationships
• • Elaboration adjusting and applying intonation for statements, questions, exclamations and instructions
• • Elaboration applying pronunciation of unique [Language]-specific sounds such as consonants, consonant blends and pure vowel sounds and diphthongs
• • Elaboration using their knowledge of alphabetic conventions for Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages to transcribe spoken texts from [Language]
• • Elaboration recognising that not all consonant, vowel and diphthong sounds in Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islanders languages can be accurately represented by the Roman alphabet
• • Elaboration developing metalanguage to describe and talk about sounds and phonology, such as the articulation categories in Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, for example, the shape of the mouth and lips, the position of the tongue in relation to teeth, palate and air passage, and rolling or trilling of the tongue
• • Elaboration investigating sound patterns such as consonant and vowel sequences, for example, allowable word-final sounds, consonant clusters and minimal pairs such as dh as in dhana and d as in dana; ng as in ngaya and n as in naya or equivalent patterns and combinations in [Language]