AC9LRF8U04 Year 7 Languages

AC9LRF8U04 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity

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 how language conveys cultural knowledge, practices and norms

Elaborations

• acknowledging that there are cultural norms related to interaction between genders, for example, men’s business and women’s business if appropriate
• using culturally-appropriate protocols when engaging with and learning from Aboriginal Peoples and communities and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and communities, for example, understanding that permission and consent of the Custodians of language and land must be sought when visiting their Country/Place
• researching the concept of kinship, moieties, traditional marriage Lore, matriarchal and patriarchal systems
• acknowledging the role and importance of advocacy and government policy in supporting the maintenance and development of language and culture
• understanding how aspects of traditional culture and society have been preserved through [Language], and discussing the importance of maintaining and strengthening Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, for their speakers and for all Australians
• identifying Keeping Places for language texts, such as in the community or national archives
• understanding that each First Nations person inherits language as part of their birthright, along with membership of a particular group and attachment to Country or Place, and that they become Custodians and owners of land, waters, sky and language

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• understanding the importance of intergenerational collaboration and passing down of knowledge in keeping languages strong, and discussing associated challenges
• explaining how stories, songs and dances link First Nations Peoples groups and nations
• acknowledging that Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) rights must be respected and applied when using First Nations traditional resources for their language work

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANFALLRY78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students contribute to and maintain interactions in [Language] language in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to a range of interests and experiences. They use [Language] to negotiate solutions and adjust language in response to others. They interpret information, ideas and opinions in texts. They demonstrate understanding of similarities and differences among languages, in both familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts, by adjusting responses to suit context, purpose and audience. They select and use vocabulary, sentence structures and expressions to create texts. Students apply the conventions of spoken [Language] to enhance 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 [Language] text, using metalanguage. They reflect on how language communities pass down, maintain or revive [Language], knowledge and cultural norms following appropriate protocols, and how these are interconnected with identity. They reflect on their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.