AC9LS10EU01 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor apply features of the Spanish sound system, including pitch, rhythm, stress, pronunciation and intonation, and show how these are represented in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration recognising the importance of appropriate intonation, stress, tone and pronunciation for making meaning and communicating, for example, estudio versus estudió, el versus él, perro versus pero
• • Elaboration pronouncing consonants according to vowel combinations, for example, gente, agua and gas, and the double consonants ll and rr compared with the single l and r
• • Elaboration understanding variation in pronunciation across the Spanish-speaking world, such as the pronunciation of ce and ci in different regions, for example ceceo or seseo, gracias, Cecilia, and the soft sh pronunciation of ll and y in Argentine Spanish, for example, calle/cashe
• • Elaboration using the Spanish pronunciation of letters to spell words and phrases aloud, and applying correct terminology for accents and marks, for example, tilde, acento, diéresis
• • Elaboration listening to and reciting texts such as poems, stories, tongue twisters or song lyrics to familiarise themselves with the rhythm and musicality of the language, for example, proverbios y cantares de Antonio Machado, Guantanamera de José Martí, Juan junta juncos junto a la zanja
• • Elaboration identifying the use of pitch, rhythm, stress and intonation in different audio tracks, intended purpose and how they affect the speaker, for example, Es hora de escuchar el reportaje de ...