AC9LT2C04 Year 1 Languages

AC9LT2C04 – Year 1 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

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Communicating meaning in Turkish

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 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

notice that language carries cultural meaning in classroom-related greetings, introductions, instructions and routines

Elaborations

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recognisng Turkish words and phrases used for greetings, apologies and appreciations, such as hoş geldiniz, hoş bulduk, geçmiş olsun, merhaba, hoşça kal, günaydın, iyi günler, iyi akşamlar, iyi geceler, and discussing how and when they are used
• identifying gestures or body language that are used more often in Turkish than in English, for example, raising the head to indicate ‘no’, tutting to indicate shock or upset, raising the index finger to ask permission to speak in class
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identifying the meaning and sounds of key words and expressions that feature in Turkish and English versions of popular children’s rhymes, games and songs, such as Alfabe Şarkısı ‘ABC Song’, Yağ satarım bal satarım ‘Duck duck goose’, Ali Baba’nın Çiftliği ‘Old MacDonald’ and Tembel Çocuk Kalksana ‘Are you sleeping?’
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noticing words or expressions in Turkish that are not easy to translate into English for example, Ellerine sağlık. Çok yaşa! Sen de gör! Geçmiş olsun!
• understanding that some Australian terms and expressions only have meaning in the Australian context and have no equivalent in Turkish, for example,’ the outback’, ‘bush tucker’, ‘Good on ya!’
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making own bilingual/picture dictionaries, captions, signs, labels and descriptions to convey cultural ideas, for example, sınıf etiketleri, selamlaşma, geleneksel çocuk oyunları

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 1 ASLANTURF10Y12

Year 1 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 2, students use Turkish language to interact and share information related to the classroom and themselves. They use cues to respond to questions and instructions, and use simple formulaic language. They locate and convey key items of information in texts, using non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They use familiar words and modelled language to create text. They copy letters and diacritic marks to make words. Students imitate the sounds and rhythms of spoken Turkish. They demonstrate understanding that Turkish has conventions and rules for non-verbal communication, pronunciation and writing. They give examples of similarities and differences between some features of Turkish and English. They understand that language is connected with culture, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).