AC9LT10EU01 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor apply features of the Turkish sound system, including tone, rhythm, stress, pronunciation and intonation, and show how these are represented in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration understanding and applying the principles of word stress when pronouncing unfamiliar words and phrases, for example, stressing the first syllable of each word in the sentence Atatürk, cumhuriyeti kurdu
• • Elaboration applying the pronunciation of ğ (silent g) letter in words
• • Elaboration recognising and applying the vowel elision rule to suffixes of multisyllabic words, understanding how this is related to the spelling and pronunciation of words, for example, oğul-oğlu, burun-burnu, beyin-beyni, göğüs- göğsü and karın-karnı
• • Elaboration using homophones such as gül, yüz, dolu, yaz, kır, ekmek, Pazar, ben, aç and çay in spoken and written texts, and learning how these affect meaning in sentences and in familiar idioms, for example, Gülü seven dikenine katlanır, Güle güle gidin and Gülmekten kırılıyordum
• • Elaboration varying the use of tone for emphasis during extended interactions and to contribute to the cohesion of longer spoken texts
• • Elaboration building fluency and accuracy in relation to pitch, stress and intonation