AC9LT10EU03 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor reflect on and evaluate Turkish texts, using metalanguage to discuss language structures and features

Elaborations

• • Elaboration using metalanguage, in Turkish or English, to identify grammatical differences between languages, for example, word orders, tenses, verb forms, pronouns
• • Elaboration understanding and developing metalanguage for talking about forms and functions of language, for example, identifying and explaining different types of sentence structures relating to grammatical functions such as predicates, subjects and objects
• • Elaboration identifying ways that Turkish and English texts achieve cohesion, for example, explaining the effects of paragraphing or cohesive devices used to sequence and link ideas, and maintain the flow of expression, for example, konu cümlesi, giriş, gelişme ve sonuç paragrafları, ‘İlk olarak, Bununla beraber, Bu nedenle’ gibi bağlaçlar
• • Elaboration identifying the intended purpose and audience of texts by analysing language features and text structures, such as colourful and persuasive language in advertisements compared with economical, factual language in product labelling or signage, and applying their understanding to the composition of their own texts
• • Elaboration analysing the use of rhetorical devices and emotive language to engage the intended audience in texts such as slogans or speeches