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AC9LS4U03: Year 3 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding systems of language
AC9LS4U03 Year 3 Languages

AC9LS4U03 – Year 3 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 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

recognise familiar Spanish language features and compare with those of English, in known contexts

Elaborations

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    building metalanguage to talk about grammar and vocabulary singular, plural, masculino, femenino, artículo, adjetivo, sinónimo … and comparing with equivalent terms in English

  • • recognising similarities and differences between spoken and written forms of different types of texts in both Spanish and English, for example, comparing a written story with a spoken one or a letter with a phone call
  • • comparing features of similar texts in Spanish and English, for example, greeting cards, interactive games or canteen menus, and discussing the use of words, expressions and word order
  • • recognising language of familiarity and how the language of texts such as invitations, apologies or greeting cards may vary, depending on the relationship between the sender and the receiver
  • • using English punctuation knowledge to apply to Spanish texts, for example, commas, semicolons, capital letters for start of sentence and proper nouns, and to compare the use of exclamation and question marks
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    beginning to recognise Spanish cognate patterns, for example, the common Spanish and English suffix –ción/ tion used to form noun versions of verbs, acción/action, celebración/celebration, condición/condition, nación/nation, and ficción/fiction

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 3 ASLANSPAF10Y34
Year 3 Languages Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 4, students use Spanish language to initiate structured interactions to share information related to the classroom and their personal worlds. They use modelled language to participate in spoken and written activities that involve planning. They locate and respond to key items of information in texts using strategies to help interpret and convey meaning in familiar contexts. They use modelled language and basic syntax to create texts. Students imitate sound combinations and rhythms of spoken Spanish. They demonstrate understanding that Spanish has non-verbal, spoken and written language conventions and rules to create and make meaning. They recognise that some terms have cultural meanings. They identify patterns in Spanish and make comparisons between Spanish and English. They understand that the Spanish language is connected with culture, and identify how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).