AC9LS8C04 Year 7 Languages

AC9LS8C04 – 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 and adjust non-verbal, spoken and written language to convey meaning in Spanish language in familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts

Elaborations

• comparing own translation of a text with classmates, commenting on similarities and differences between versions, considering possible reasons for these, and preparing a collaborative secure online whole-class version
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creating informative responses to cultural representations of Spanish-speaking communities in Australia, such as The Spanish Film Festival, community fiestas or artists’ exhibitions, explaining particular language or images in terms of cultural associations, for example, in vlogs, critical reviews or secure social media posts
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interpreting short messages or communications, reflecting on challenges associated with transferring meaning from one language to another, for example, Mañana voy a estrenar mi vestido, ¿Te gustó la sobremesa? No me tomes el pelo. Me costó un ojo de la cara. Es un trabajo papaya.
• viewing authentic material of Spanish speakers discussing their culture and language, then responding to these discussions, incorporating their own personal perspectives and opinions in a digital presentation
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selecting and explaining individual words or phrases in Spanish whose meaning can be affected by context, for example, Tengo una pila de cosas para hacer, La pila del celular se ha acabado
• presenting information gathered from different types of texts and modes of presentation to create an overview of a particular topic of interest such as a celebrity, popular culture, school uniforms, saving water, endangered species

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.