AC9LT8EU03 Year 7 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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.

compare Turkish language structures and features with English, using familiar metalanguage

Elaborations

• 1 comparing features of different types of texts encountered in and out of school, considering differences in structure, layout, language features and register, for example, the use of imperatives and instructional language in recipes or direction
• 2

  identifying characteristic elements of texts associated with national, religious or cultural events, such as festivals or weddings, for example, formulaic and respectful language such as bayramınız kutlu olsun, Allah analı babalı büyütsü esutlah mesut etsin, Allah kavuştursun, and comparing with typical elements or features of equivalent texts in English

• 3

  identifying differences between spoken and written forms of familiar text types, such as invitations, apologies or greetings, noticing variations in grammar, structure and cohesion, for example, sizleri de aramızda görmekten mutluluk duyarız, mutlaka gelin, affınızı rica ederim, çok üzgünüm

• 4

  building knowledge about grammar in Turkish and English such as bağlaçlar, özne ve yüklem uyumu, -de/-da ekler, ilgi zamiri -ki, edatlar

• 5

  using metalanguage to talk about texts, for example, by referring to textual elements such as structure, mood, register, and by identifying features of text types, for example, mektuba hitap ile başlanır, elektronik mesajda kısaltmalar kullanılır

• 6

  identifying examples of Turkish word-borrowings from other languages, noticing groups of words or expressions in particular categories or areas of interest, such as food, music and sport, for example, hamburger, nota, gitar and Avustralya futbolu

• 7

  recognising the influence of Turkish on English, for example, by identifying words commonly used in Australian English, such as yoghurt – yoğurt, coffee – kahve, horde – ordu, kiosk – köşk, kebab – kebap, turquoise – turkuaz

• 8

  classifying loan words from English used in Turkish in terms of domains of language use, for example, technological words such as televizyon, radyo, internet, video, cd

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