AC9LS10C04 Year 9 Languages

AC9LS10C04 – Year 9 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Strand

Communicating meaning in Spanish

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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

interpret and translate non-verbal, spoken and written interactions and texts to convey meaning and intercultural understanding in familiar and unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• translating short familiar texts such as advertisements, songs or film clips, comparing own translation with others, analysing and providing possible explanations for similarities and differences
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reflecting on the difficulty of achieving equivalence in translations of creative texts such as poems and songs, and identifying words and phrases that require elaboration or explanation, for example, Es una tarde parda y fría de invierno …, from the poem Recuerdo infantil by Antonio Machado
• using, comparing and evaluating online translators for accuracy, efficiency and reliability, and discussing the risks of over-reliance
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experimenting with translations of popular expressions or idioms in Spanish, noticing when this creates the potential for confusion, for example, En todas partes se cuecen habas (everywhere beans are cooked) = everyone has a skeleton in the closet. Meter la pata (put your leg in something) = to put your foot in it
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creating bilingual texts that present aspects of culture(s) and way of life in Australia for Spanish-speaking students and parents, for example, a print leaflet or digital display about Australian national holidays, animals, and food such as Australian versions of tacos
• considering how to maintain the integrity of original texts when translating culture-specific concepts and slang words such as ‘thongs’, ‘servo’, ‘the bush’, ‘outback’, ‘chook’, ‘sausage sizzle’, ‘true blue’, or ‘fair dinkum’ to Spanish speakers
• reflecting on how meaning can be misinterpreted in intercultural interactions, for example, sharing experiences of miscommunication and strategies to deal with misunderstanding

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANSPAF10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students contribute to and extend interactions in Spanish language in increasingly unfamiliar contexts related to a wide range of interests and issues. They interpret texts by evaluating and synthesising information, ideas and perspectives. They show understanding of how features of language can be used to influence audience response. They create texts, selecting and manipulating language for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. They apply and use complex sentences and structures to create and respond to spoken and written texts. They use a variety of tenses to sequence events and use language devices to enhance meaning and cohesion. Students incorporate the features and conventions of spoken Spanish to extend fluency. They demonstrate understanding of the conventions of spoken and written texts and the connections between them. They apply knowledge of language structures and features to make and predict meaning. They support analysis of Spanish texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own cultural perspectives and identity, and draw on their experience of learning Spanish, to evaluate how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.