AC9LS8C02 Year 7 Languages

AC9LS8C02 – Year 7 Languages: Interacting in Spanish

Strand

Communicating meaning in Spanish

Substrand

Interacting in Spanish

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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

collaborate in activities that involve the language of transaction, negotiation and problem-solving to plan projects and events

Elaborations

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working together to produce class reference materials such as wall charts or visuals to display key vocabulary and structures used regularly in the classroom, and promote Spanish learning, for example, ¡No te rindas! ¡Estudia español!
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working with peers to produce bilingual signs/flyers and posters to promote sustainability and waste reduction within the school community, for example, using key vocabulary such as papel reciclado, tacho/cubo de reciclaje, basura, basura orgánica, papel, cartón
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planning and participating in learning experiences such as preparing a class outing or shopping for a lunch, stating preferences, negotiating, considering alternatives and agreeing or disagreeing, using modelled language, for example, Prefiero ir a la playa, no al centro commercial. Tengo ganas de ir al cine …, Estoy/no estoy de acuerdo …
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planning and completing tasks that involve requesting, giving and following directions to real or virtual locations, for example, Sigue derecho por la calle Alta, toma el bús hasta el lago y gira a la izquierda, using resources such as secure digital tools, applications, street maps
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participating in situations that involve transactions and the exchange of ideas and preferences, for example, role-play an airport scene where students buy souvenirs, snacks, toiletries and stationery, using phrases, ¿cuánto cuesta? ¡qué caro/barato! ¿acepta tarjeta de crédito? ¿a qué hora es el próximo …?
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engaging in collaborative projects such as designing a class webpage or making a short video to share with others, for example, Mi comunidad or Nuestra escuela, deciding on content, dividing tasks and reflecting on what was done well and what could be improved
• combining group ideas and efforts to collaboratively solve issues that may relate to young people, such as time management, examination preparation, healthy eating, etc., contributing and listening to others’ perspectives and experiences and presenting or reporting back to the class

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANSPAF10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students initiate and maintain interactions in Spanish language in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to a range of interests and experiences. They use Spanish to collaborate and problem-solve, and adjust language in response to others. They interpret information, ideas and opinions in texts. They demonstrate understanding of similarities and differences between languages, in both familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts, by adjusting and reorganising responses. They select and use vocabulary, sentence structures and expressions to create texts. Students apply the conventions of spoken Spanish to develop fluency. They demonstrate understanding that spoken, written and multimodal texts use different language conventions, structures and features to convey meaning. They comment on structures and features of Spanish text, using metalanguage. They reflect on how the Spanish language, culture and identity are interconnected, and compare this with their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.