AC9LV8EU01 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor recognise and use features of the Vietnamese sound system, including tones, rhythm, pronunciation and intonation, and demonstrate understanding of how these are represented in familiar contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration exploring the Vietnamese alphabet, identifying letters that have no equivalent in the English alphabet, such as ă, â, ê, ô, ơ, ư and đ, and letters that have no equivalent in the Vietnamese alphabet, f, w, z
• • Elaboration reading, listening to and reproducing Vietnamese words with different tone markers, recognising that Vietnamese is a tonal language, and understanding that tone changes affect the meaning of a word, for example, ma (ghost), mà (but/that), má (mother), mả (grave), mã (horse), mạ (rice seedling)
• • Elaboration recognising that Vietnamese has different regional accents such as Northern, Central and Southern Vietnamese, for example, má/mẹ, ba/bố, dứa/thơm/khóm
• • Elaboration identifying similarities in pronunciation in Vietnamese borrowed words from different countries such as ga ra, tivi, video, phim, bò bít tết, xà phòng
• • Elaboration identifying words with the same syllables, including monophthongs, diphthongs and triphthongs, for example, đi thi, nho nhỏ, đo đỏ, ngày nay, máy bay, cười tươi, and developing awareness of sound-letter relationships and Vietnamese spelling rules
• • Elaboration differentiating between consonant blends that are pronounced similarly such as ch and tr, d and gi, s and x, for example, che chở versus trường học; đôi dép versus giữ nhà; cá sấu versus xấu quá
• • Elaboration using digital tools to check the correct pronunciation of Vietnamese and using voice-recording apps to check their own tone and intonation to develop fluency