AC9LRF8U03 Year 7 Languages

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.

reflect on similarities and differences between [Language] and English language structures and features, using metalanguage

Elaborations

• 1 comparing [Language] and English language use in similar situations and in texts with similar content, for example, many Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages have subject+object+verb structure or no fixed structure where meaning is conveyed by use of marker word, while English has a consistent subject+verb+direct/indirect object structure
• 2 developing metalanguage for identifying and explaining different types of sentence structures relating to grammatical functions such as subject, object and predicate, and comparing with English
• 3 understanding and observing that texts have different purposes, for example, to entertain, to inform or to persuade different audiences
• 4 understanding that differences of language use may reflect cultural perspectives, for example, the setting where the interaction/discussion is occurring, the gestures and hand signs used in an oral text, or following cultural protocols when addressing an Elder
• 5 investigating the use of gestures and hand sign language such as hand signals in their community, and in relation to spoken language, and comparing this with English and other languages
• 6 comparing non-verbal elements of communication, such as the use of silence or eye contact in different cultural contexts and exchanges
• 7 identifying and using aspects of text organisation when developing both oral and written texts to develop or present ideas
• 8 discussing grammatical and lexical contrasts between [Language] and English and/or other known language(s), for example, the figurative use of language, and vocabulary associated with specialised domains
• 9 recognising the format and stylistic conventions of different texts, such as addressing an audience in formal and informal speeches, letters, emails and signing off
• 10 analysing how texts in [Language] and English establish register by identifying words and expressions that suggest degrees of formality, audience and context
• 11 discussing ways that songs and storytelling function to adjust and evolve language and meaning while retaining the essence of the song or story, in ways similar to the place/role/function of literature in other cultures

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