AC9LT6U03 Years 5 to 6 Languages

Content descriptor compare some Turkish language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

Elaborations

• • Elaboration comparing language used in texts, for example, descriptive language in recounts or narratives, humorous language in comics and verse, persuasive language in advertisements, instructional language in recipes and manuals, expository language in news reports
• • Elaboration analysing characteristic features of texts, for example, the use of abbreviations and emoticons in texting, rhetorical questions in advertisements, numerical terms in recipes and receipts, emotive and rhyming words in song lyrics, headings in secure blogs and on websites
• • Elaboration discussing the use of imagery in different kinds of creative texts, identifying how this helps to convey meaning and engage/entertain the audience in Turkish and English
• • Elaboration discussing how poems or song lyrics, such as Bir başkadır benim memleketim and Çanakkale Türküsü create moods such as özlem ve acıma and tap into particular emotions by using techniques such as repetition, rhyme and direct forms of address and compare with techniques used in English poems and song lyrics
• • Elaboration building metalanguage to talk about grammar, using terms such as bağlaçlar, özne ile yüklem uyumu, -de/-da ekler, ilgi zamiri -ki, edatlar
• • Elaboration learning basic metaphors, similes such as çantanın gözü, aslan gibi, and common idiomatic expressions and proverbs, for example, Damlaya damlaya göl olur. Ateş pahası! Nazar değmesin!; and comparing these figures of speech with usage in English