AC9LS8U02 Year 7 Languages

AC9LS8U02 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

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

apply understanding of grammatical structures and expressions to compose and respond to texts

Elaborations

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conjugating common regular verbs and high-frequency irregular verbs such as ir, tener, ser, haber in the present, preterite and present perfect tenses, for example, Voy a la escuela todos los días, fui a la escuela el año pasado, he ido a la escuela durante dos trimestres
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using present, past and immediate future tense verbs followed by infinitive, for example, Debemos dormir bien, quiero ir a casa, no pudo comer, me gustaría celebrar contigo, vamos a jugar al baloncesto
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expanding their use of cohesive devices such as sin embargo, además, to create compound sentences and link ideas, for example, Los estudiantes son inteligentes sin embargo no estudian todos los días.
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using adjectives to describe people and aspects of the environment, for example, Mi tía es generosa y agradable, Los Andes son más altos que los Pirineos. Lo más/menos importante es …
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expressing quantity, for example, miles de personas, mucha gente, varios libros, tanto dinero, pocas ideas, bastante calor, algunos amigos
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using adverbs to modify the meaning of verbs and adjectives, for example, Él nadó rápido. Nosotros casi nunca entrenamos especialmente cuando hace demasiado calor.
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indicating possession by using de followed by a pronoun or noun, for example, El carro de mi mamá, Las camisas de mi hermano, Las profesoras de la escuela tienen vacaciones de verano

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.