AC9LV4U01 Years 3 to 4 Languages

Content descriptor recognise and use modelled sounds, tones, pronunciation and intonation patterns of Vietnamese to form words and phrases

Elaborations

• • Elaboration exploring the Vietnamese sound system and making connections between letters, sounds and tone markers in words, for example, adding or changing tone markers to form new words: co, cò, có, cỏ, cọ
• • Elaboration recognising common Vietnamese sounds in words, such as nguyên âm đôi, and using spelling strategies to identify and produce words that have the same sounds, for example, ao: áo, táo, vào and ơi: chơi, với, tới
• • Elaboration identifying sounds such as nguyên âm đôi (diphthongs) and nguyên âm ba (triphthongs), and vần điệu (rhyming patterns) when listening to Vietnamese songs, and grouping words according to their pronunciation and sounds, for example, uơi: cười, tươi, người and iên: liền, miền, điền, tiền
• • Elaboration practising tonal language that uses 5 tone markers, understanding that the pronunciation of words changes the meaning, for example, tai, tái, tài, tại, tải
• • Elaboration practising Vietnamese intonation and rhythm, for example, singing or reciting poems or sections of texts in a group