AC9LV4U04 Year 3 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 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.

identify connections between Vietnamese language and cultural practices

Elaborations

• 1

  understanding that Vietnamese attitudes, beliefs and values influence language choices, for example, the use of family terms such as chú, bác, cô, dì instead of first names, to reflect the importance of family in Vietnamese culture

• 2

  discussing how particular gestures, terms and expressions have embedded cultural meanings and can convey feelings, beliefs and values, such as understanding that Vietnamese terms of affection used with children often relate to either parts of the body or animals, for example, con cún, thằng cu con, cái Tí

• 3 comparing their impressions of aspects of children’s lives in different Vietnamese-speaking regions as represented in video clips, television programs and stories, for example, ways of playing games, preparing and eating food, telling stories or interacting at school, home or in the community
• 4 exploring representations of information used in cultural expressions of First Nations Australians, and making connections with those of Vietnamese language and culture(s), for example, the different regional words used by First Nations groups to identify themselves such as Zenadth Kes, Koori, Koorie, Noongar and Nunga and comparing this with Vietnamese-speaking cultural groups
• 5 discussing how and why gestures can be interpreted differently in different cultures, for example, using fingers to beckon others is considered impolite in Vietnamese culture, but appropriate in some cultures
• 6

  experiencing and discussing the importance of music and dance in Vietnamese culture(s), as an expression of identity and emotion such as national pride, happiness, love, joy and sadness, for example, âm nhạc dân gian such as điệu Hò, Lý, Cò lả, Trống quân, Quan họ, Chèo, Tuồng, Cải lương; Điệu múa cổ truyền such as múa Trống, múa Bông, múa Tăng bu, múa gậy, múa Sạp, múa Chiêng, múa Hoa sen

• 7 exploring the meaning of culture and identity, for example, using a diagram to show visible elements such as ways of celebrating, dress, traditions, symbols, manners, routines and behaviours, and less visible elements such as preferences and values

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