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AC9LS4U02 Years 3 to 4 Languages

AC9LS4U02 | Years 3 to 4 Spanish: Understanding systems of language

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor recognise Spanish language conventions, grammatical structures and basic syntax in familiar texts and contexts

Foundation to Year 10 sequence

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language

This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 3 to 4 Spanish · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration using personal pronouns, for example, yo, tú, él, ella, nosotros/as, vosotros/as, ellos/as
  • • Elaboration exploring the use and omission of subject pronouns by looking at verb endings and conjugations, for example, tengo instead of Yo tengo; Vivo en Australia. Estudio en la escuela. (Ella) Es Lourdes.
  • • Elaboration identifying the use of familiar singular, plural and gender forms in simple sentences, for example, La motocicleta es negra, Los pantalones son verdes, Los niños están felices
  • • Elaboration using some possessive adjectives in familiar singular and plural forms, for example, nuestra clase, vuestra escuela, tu abuela, mis amigos, tus compañeros
  • • Elaboration identifying some nouns (from a list) that do not follow the regular masculine/feminine ending pattern, for example, el mapa, el problema, la mano
  • • Elaboration using numbers in context to indicate quantity, tell the time, dates and ages, noticing patterns, for example, tengo cinco amigas, Son las tres en punto, Hoy es veintiuno de agosto, Tengo nueve años
  • • Elaboration applying modelled punctuation and capitalisation rules when writing, for example, exclamation marks; comparing capitalisation in Spanish and English, for example, nationalities
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  • • Elaboration specifying location or direction using prepositions such as en, encima, debajo, a la izquierda and a la derecha, for example, La vaca está en la granja
  • • Elaboration using and responding to imperatives to follow instructions and ask others to do something, for example, date prisa, colorea el dibujo, abre tu libro
  • • Elaboration using question words in modelled structures to seek information, for example, ¿Cómo te llamas? ¿Dónde está tu casa? ¿Cuántos hermanos tienes? ¿Quién es tu mejor amigo?
  • • Elaboration using a range of adjectives to describe appearance and to express feelings or personality, for example, extraño, fantástico, estupendo, serio, responsable, inteligente
  • • Elaboration using common verbs in familiar contexts, for example, ser and estar, dormir, estudiar and cantar
  • • Elaboration using adverbs to locate events in time, for example, hoy, ayer, mañana, to describe weather, Hoy hace calor, and to name days of the week, Mañana es lunes
  • • Elaboration linking simple ideas using conjunctions, such as y, o and pero

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