AC9LV4C04 Years 3 to 4 Languages

Content descriptor develop strategies to comprehend and adjust Vietnamese language in familiar contexts to convey cultural meaning

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• • Elaboration identifying words and expressions in Vietnamese and English that do not readily translate, for example, phở, bánh chưng, áo dài, Cháu chúc ông bà sống lâu trăm tuổi, ‘bushwalking’, ‘the outback’
• • Elaboration understanding how language choice reflects politeness and respect, for example, understanding that Vietnamese-speaking children greet their grandparents by saying Con chào ông bà, not Tôi chào ông bà
• • Elaboration learning to use print and digital dictionaries, for example, to assist comprehension by finding unknown words in texts
• • Elaboration observing different ways of showing politeness in different contexts, for example, requesting with làm ơn, cảm phiền, giùm; thanking with cám ơn, chân thành cảm ơn, thành thật cảm ơn, cảm ơn nhiều; bending when passing people, folding arms and/or nodding while greeting people
• • Elaboration recognising how the meaning of words change according to context, for example, a common Vietnamese homonym such as đá, which may mean ‘to kick’, ‘stone’ or ‘ice’, as in trà đá; or the personal pronouns ‘I’ and ‘you’ in English, which can be translated as ông, bà, cô, chú, anh, chị, em, con or cháu in Vietnamese
• • Elaboration explaining when to use formal and informal language in greetings and farewells, for example, Xin chào, bạn khỏe không?/Chào bạn, bạn khỏe không and Chào tạm biệt/ chào bạn nhen
• • Elaboration recognising Vietnamese naming traditions, for example, family name first, followed by their middle name, and then their given name

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• • Elaboration making adjustments to language use when interacting with family and friends, for example, using personal pronouns that relate to a person’s position in the family or to family relationships, chị/cô/bà, anh/ông, anh Hai, chị Ba, cô Tư …
• • Elaboration creating bilingual resources for use in the classroom or school, for example, digital picture dictionaries and word lists, glossaries, or signs for the school environment
• • Elaboration alternating between Vietnamese and English versions of games such as Mấy giờ rồi ông sói ơi?/ (What’s the time, Mr Wolf?) and Oẳn tù tì, ra cái gì, ra cái này/ (Rock, Paper, Scissors)