AC9LS8U03 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor reflect on similarities and differences between Spanish and English language structures and features, using metalanguage

Elaborations

• • Elaboration reflecting on language appropriate to different types of texts, such as descriptive language in documentaries, reflective language in diary and journal entries, and persuasive language in advertisements, and compare these with English
• • Elaboration collecting examples of online and print advertisements, and identifying and analysing the language features and grammatical structures used to persuade potential consumers in both Spanish and English, for example, ‘End of season sale’, ¡Compre en los almacenes ‘La Moda’, no se arrepentirá!, ¡Pague menos y lleve más!
• • Elaboration understanding and comparing textual elements, in Spanish and English, that provide coherence at a whole text level, for example, cohesive devices, introductions and summaries, linked paragraphs, and sequencing of ideas, por lo tanto …, en primer lugar …
• • Elaboration comparing Spanish and English sentence structure, for example, the omission of the subject in Spanish, Simón busca la información en la red, la necesita para su trabajo
• • Elaboration collecting Spanish and English cognates, for example, fascinante/fascinating, arquitectura/architecture, doctor/doctor, enciclopedia/encyclopedia, cancelar/cancel, bicicleta/bicycle
• • Elaboration identifying Spanish words borrowed from different languages across time and through political, historical and social changes, such as words of Arabic origin that start with the prefix al-, for example, almanaque, alcachofa, algodón, algebra and alcohol, and some common interjections such as ¡hola!, ¡ojalá! and ¡olé! also derived from Arabic
• • Elaboration understanding the conventions of several types of texts in Spanish and comparing these with English, for example, the use of abbreviations in text messages, tq = te quiero, formulaic greetings in telephone conversations, Aquí, Hola, ¿Sí? ¿Aló?, typical phrases for greeting cards, Muchas felicidades por …, language in menus, entrada, platos de fondo/primer plato/segundo plato, postres, menú del día