AC9LT10EC05 Year 9 Languages

AC9LT10EC05 – Year 9 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Strand

Communicating meaning in Turkish

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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 strategies to interpret and translate non-verbal, spoken and written interactions and texts to convey meaning and intercultural understanding in familiar and unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• recording, transcribing and translating short conversations between friends or family members from English into Turkish, and vice versa
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translating or glossing words, symbols or expressions commonly used in emails and text messages, such as slm (Selam), mrb (merhaba), kib (kendine iyi bak), inş (inşallah)
• comparing their translated versions of news headlines or popular advertisements, discussing perceived differences in focus or emphasis between Turkish and English
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interpreting the significance of Turkish terms or phrases used on formal occasions, such as weddings, school speech days or religious occasions, for example, Saygıdeğer misafirler ve sevgili çocuklar, Allah bir yastıkta kocatsın, darısı başına, Allah kabul etsin, and explaining cultural connotations that are unfamiliar when translated directly into English
• considering why one language may use more words than another to communicate a particular meaning
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comparing wordings of texts such as public signs or community announcements which reflect cultural expectations or priorities, for example, Çimlere basmayınız! Veresiyemiz yoktur! Tuvalet ücreti .... TL. Buraya çöp atmak yasaktır. Bu fırsat kaçmaz!
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explaining the significance of single Turkish words that reflect complex cultural concepts that are difficult to translate, such as örf ve adetler, mecburiyet, sorumluluk, görev, comparing with expressions in Australian English that are similarly difficult to translate, such as mateship or 'the bush'

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analysing the use of appropriate language in different contexts and situations, for example, using rica ederim. Başka bir arzunuz var mı? at a shop or restaurant as opposed to başımızın üstünde yeriniz var, ne zahmeti canım!
• using prior knowledge to mediate meaning of unfamiliar content, for example, recognising terms associated with time or place in airport announcements, or ‘reading’ images as well as written text in advertisements
• providing examples of interactions that ‘work’ better in Turkish than in English, and discussing why this might be the case, for example, talking to their grandparents, participating in cultural events, joking between themselves

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANTUR7_10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students initiate and sustain Turkish language to exchange and compare ideas and experiences about their own and others’ personal worlds. They communicate using non-verbal, spoken and written language to collaborate, plan and reflect on activities and events. They interpret and analyse information and ideas in texts and demonstrate understanding of different perspectives. They synthesise information and respond in Turkish or English, adjusting language to convey meaning and to suit context, purpose and audience. They use structures and features of spoken and written Turkish to create texts. Students apply features and conventions of spoken Turkish to enhance fluency. They select and apply knowledge of language conventions, structures and features to interact, make meaning and create texts. They support discussion of structures and features of texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own language use and cultural identity, and draw on their experience of learning Turkish, to discuss how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.