AC9LT8U03 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor reflect on similarities and differences between Turkish and English language structures and features, using metalanguage

Elaborations

• • Elaboration developing metalanguage for identifying and explaining different types of sentence structures relating to grammatical functions such as subject, object and predicate and comparing with English
• • Elaboration recognising the format and stylistic conventions of different Turkish and English texts, such as addressing audience in formal and informal speeches, letters, emails and signing off
• • Elaboration understanding how Turkish and English texts achieve cohesion by using elements such as paragraphing or conjunctions to sequence and link ideas and to maintain the flow of expression, for example, Öncelikle, Sonuç olarak, Bu yüzden gibi bağlaçlar
• • Elaboration applying their understanding of key features of familiar types of Turkish and English texts to understand unfamiliar content, for example, in print and digital public announcements, commercials, advertisements or itineraries
• • Elaboration comparing examples of text types in Turkish and English, such as horoscopes, advertisements or weather forecasts, explaining their choice of particular language and texts
• • Elaboration analysing how texts in Turkish and English establish register by identifying words and expressions that suggest degrees of formality, audience and context, for example, siz/sen, sayın, saygıdeğer, müstakbel, beyefendi/hanımefendi, the use of first-person diminutives, -c(i)ğ(i)m (anneciğim) with bey-bey amcacığım or hanım teyzeciğim and with canım-canım teyzeciğim, kuzucuklarım and canım kuzucuklarım