AC9LV2U03 Year 1 Languages

AC9LV2U03 – Year 1 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

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 Vietnamese has features that may be similar to or different from English

Elaborations

• noticing that Vietnamese and English use the Roman alphabet and that there may be variations in the pronunciation of letters with or without tone marks
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comparing Vietnamese and English word order, for example, noticing that in Vietnamese objects are described with noun+adjective such as táo đỏ and that English is the opposite ‘red apple’
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developing number knowledge and identifying the similarities and differences in cardinal and ordinal numbers in Vietnamese and English, for example, mười = 10 and một = 1 and the combined words mười một = 11, whereas in the English counting system there is a different word for ‘eleven’
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exploring similar text types in Vietnamese and English, such as songs, street signs or labels on goods at a market, and noticing ways in which they are similar or different, for example, comparing rhyming or repeating words quác quác quác, quạc quạc quạc in the song Một con vịt and ‘quack, quack, quack’ in English
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recognising that languages use words borrowed from other languages, and that many English, French and Chinese words are used in Vietnamese such as video, tivi, taxi, internet, and nhà ga (train station), xe buýt (bus) and phụ huynh (parents)

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 1 ASLANVIEF10Y12

Year 1 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 2, students use Vietnamese 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 recognise tone marks and use familiar words and modelled language to create texts. They copy letters and tone marks to make words. Students imitate the sounds, tones and rhythms of spoken Vietnamese. They demonstrate understanding that Vietnamese has rules for non-verbal communication, pronunciation and writing. They give examples of similarities and differences between some features of Vietnamese and English. They understand that language is connected with culture, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).