AC9LS6U01 Year 5 Languages

AC9LS6U01 – Year 5 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

This Content Descriptor from Year 5 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

apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

Elaborations

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understanding how pitch, stress, intonation and rhythm assist meaning when individual words are unfamiliar, for example, ¡Qué miedo! ¡Rápido! ¡Vamos! ¡Arriba! ¡Sigue, adelante! ¡Muévete! ¡Tranquilo!
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distinguishing the pronunciation of individual sounds in diphthongs such as miércoles, viernes, bien, veinte, murciélago
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using their knowledge of Spanish pronunciation to identify and enunciate loan words such bistec, menú, básquetbol/baloncesto, chat, champú, bumerán, baipás, gol, hamburguesa
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applying their knowledge of consonant sounds to reproduce the pronunciation of d/t, p/b/ m/n at the beginning of words or consonant vowel combinations such as ce/ci, ga/gi, gue/gui ja/gi, to read words such as todo, garaje, probable, mano, jardín, Cecilia, gigante, gimnasio
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recognising variation in Spanish in particular regions, for example, the pronunciation of s, z in corazón, zapatos, ll in llamarse for Argentina and Uruguay and j in Ecuador and Venezuela
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applying phonic knowledge to spell unknown words, for example, estrella, llamar, tortilla, taxi, México
• understanding the function of accents to indicate where the stress falls on a word and learning to insert these into their own work using secure digital tools

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reciting Spanish tongue twisters to develop pronunciation, intonation and fluency, for example, Cuando cuentes cuentos, cuenta. De generación en generación. Buscaba el bosque Francisco, un vasco bizco, muy brusco, y al verlo le dijo un chusco, ¿Busca el bosque, vasco bizco?

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 5 ASLANSPAF10Y56

Year 5 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 6, students initiate and use strategies to maintain interactions in Spanish language that are related to their immediate environment. They use appropriate sound combinations, intonation and rhythm in spoken texts. They collaborate in spoken and written activities that involve the language of planning and problem-solving to share information, ideas and preferences. They use strategies to locate and interpret information and ideas in texts, and demonstrate understanding by responding in Spanish or English, adjusting their response to context, purpose and audience. They create texts, selecting and using a variety of vocabulary and sentence structures to suit context. They sequence information and ideas, and use conventions appropriate to text type. Students apply rules of pronunciation and intonation in spoken Spanish. They apply conventions of spelling and punctuation, and use modelled structures, when creating and responding in Spanish. They compare language structures and features in Spanish and English, using some metalanguage. They show understanding of how some language reflects cultural practices and consider how this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.