AC9LS8EU01 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor recognise and use features of the Spanish sound system, including pitch, rhythm, stress, pronunciation and intonation, and demonstrate understanding of how these are represented in familiar contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration recognising that many of the letters of Spanish and English have the same sounds, with some exceptions and additions, such as ñ
• • Elaboration understanding that in Spanish there is only one sound for each vowel
• • Elaboration recognising and practising the different Spanish vowel and consonant sounds through simple rhymes, for example, silent h, j, g, x, and ll
• • Elaboration spelling their name aloud in Spanish, for example, M-a-r-t-í-n /eme-a-erre-te-i-ene
• • Elaboration recognising variations in intonation required to form statements, questions and exclamations, for example, Eres de Australia ¿Eres de Australia? ¡Eres de Australia!
• • Elaboration listening to statements, exclamations and questions read aloud, using intonation cues and transcribing what they hear with appropriate exclamation or questions marks where relevant, for example, ¡Comes mucho! ¿Comes mucho?
• • Elaboration using own phonetic notes to help their pronunciation and intonation, for example, Vi series y pelis /bee seh-ree-ehs i peh-lees/, inglés /in- glehs/

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• • Elaboration applying pronunciation rules to common tongue twisters such as Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal.