AC9LS10U03
Years 9 to 10
Languages
AC9LS10U03 | Years 9 to 10 Spanish: Understanding systems of language
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor reflect on and evaluate Spanish texts, using metalanguage to analyse language structures and features
Foundation to Year 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 Spanish · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration developing metalanguage to extend discussion of grammatical features such as word order, tenses and subjunctive mood, and using terms such as ‘verbs’, ‘nouns’, ‘conditional’, ‘subjunctive’ and ‘simple past’
- • Elaboration analysing and comparing different types of texts such as television dramas or news bulletins to demonstrate how language is used to create effects, for example, emotional impact or interest
- • Elaboration identifying common textual conventions, for example, the salutation in an email "Hola Luis", informal language in blogs, or rhetorical language in political pamphlets
- • Elaboration identifying key features and functions that characterise different types of texts such as voicemail, slogans, informative articles or short stories, and reflecting on how these are used for effect
- • Elaboration comparing the features and differences of spoken and written texts, for example, spoken versus print for advertising, face-to-face versus a scripted speech, a text message versus a formal letter
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Read the full Years 9 to 10 Spanish · Foundation to Year 10 sequence achievement standard