AC9LS10U02 Year 9 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.

apply knowledge of grammatical structures to predict meaning and compose texts that contain some complex structures and ideas

Elaborations

• 1

  understanding and using indefinite adjectives and pronouns such as alguno/a/os/as, ninguno/a/os/as, otros/as, todos/as, alguien, nadie, nada, algo, todo

• 2

  applying constructions with a double negative, for example, No hay nadie en clase, No tenemos nada

• 3

  understanding the difference between a reflexive verb and the corresponding non-reflexive verb, for example, Gerardo se lava la cara and Gerardo lava su carro

• 4

  using modelled subjunctive mood to express doubt, uncertainty or emotion, for example, Dudo que María visite a su abuelo todos los domingos ...

• 5

  expressing hypothetical events using modelled conditional voice structures, for example, Sería interesante estudiar chino or Yo viajaría, pero no tengo dinero

• 6

  using cohesive devices to extend sentence complexity and sophistication, such as aunque, a pesar de, mientras que, for example, Aunque no me gustan los animales, quisiera estudiar biología.

• 7 conjugating verbs to describe a range of events across time, for example, present, past, future tense
• 8

  extending their understanding and use of symbols, acronyms, abbreviations and colloquial shortenings of words, for example, MERCOSUR, UE, ONU, OVNI, C/ – calle, EE. UU – U.S.A., d – dia, A. C. – B.C.

• 9

  recognising the different usage of imperative forms such as persuading, encouraging and advising, for example, vaya a la cancha, vamos al descanso, piénsalo bien, piénselo bien

• 10

  using numbers for a range of purposes and contexts, for example, in transactions or explaining historical or biographical events in time using years/dates such as a timeline, Juana La Loca nació el 6 de noviembre de 1479 en Toledo. Murió el 12 de abril de 1555

• 11

  using the passive, impersonal form with se, for example, Se venden casas. ¿Cómo se dice ...?

• 12

  beginning a sentence with an opening inverted exclamation mark ¡ and ending it with a question mark?, or vice versa, for statements that are questions but also have a clear sense of exclamation or surprise such as ¡Y tú, quién te crees?/Y tú !¿quién te crees?!

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