AC9LS8C03 Year 7 Languages

AC9LS8C03 – Year 7 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Strand

Communicating meaning in Spanish

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between languages

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

interpret information, ideas and opinions in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond appropriately to cultural context, purpose and audience

Elaborations

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listening to or reading about topics of interest to young people, for example, la música, el cine, la televisión, el medio ambiente, la identidad, la tecnología; and sharing opinions or feelings, for example, En mi opinión, la película estuvo ... No estoy de acuerdo con el autor, El autor tiene razón, No me interesa, Pienso que la televisión es necesaria para la comunicación, Creo que la tecnología es muy importante
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exchanging personal preferences and perspectives in relation to characters, attitudes and events encountered in imaginative texts, for example, Prefiero el robot femenino …, No estoy de acuerdo con …
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responding to different expressions of humour in texts from Spanish-speaking communities and comparing these to Australian expressions of humour, for example, using popular images/graphics to discuss context and meaning, such as comida rápida – image of hot dog running, furioso – angry bear
• listening to, reading or viewing First Nations Australian authors’ stories in English and responding to them in spoken or written Spanish
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exchanging videos or blogs with a Spanish-speaking class or student, comparing aspects of their community and culture such as school, local landmarks, fiestas and traditions, and presenting the information in new ways
• accessing a range of sources of information and evaluating their reliability and accuracy, for example, comparing data or factual content from a news report with information on social media, checking multiple sources to establish validity and bias, and deciding what facts to include in informative texts
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listening to reports such as weather, sporting results, a concert line-up, and creating an audio or text message to invite their friend to an event, incorporating information from the text(s) to persuade their friend to come, for example, El Real Madrid ganó el sábado 3 a 0. ¿Vamos a verlos este fin de semana? Estará soleado el sábado/hará sol el sábado

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.