AC9LVF02 Foundation Languages

This Content Descriptor from Foundation 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.

explore, with support, language features of Vietnamese noticing similarities and differences between Vietnamese and English

Elaborations

• 1

  observing that written Vietnamese uses the same letters as written English, although Vietnamese has 29 letters while English has 26, and noticing that some letters have different sounds, for example, ă, â, ê, ô, ơ, d, đ, u, ư

• 2 exploring facial movements involved with making sound blends in Vietnamese and English
• 3

  tracing letters of the alphabet and imitating the beginning/vowel sounds, for example, tracing and imitating bò cò sò

• 4 participating in alphabet songs, chants and rhymes to imitate Vietnamese pronunciation, intonation and stress
• 5

  making connections with Vietnamese words and phrases used in everyday life in Australia, for example, food names such as phở, chả giò, xôi, chè

• 6

  experimenting with sounds (animal sounds, etc.) used in Vietnamese, for example, using the sounds gâu gâu, (woof woof), ò ó o o, (croak croak), ụt ụt, (oink oink) and comparing these sounds with languages represented in the class

• 7

  exploring and practising intonation patterns and understanding the difference of the stress among statements, questions and exclamations, for example, Em chào cô ạ. Em giỏi lắm! Em khỏe không?

• 8

  noticing that different kinds of language are used in different situations with different people, for example, noticing exchanges between children and parents, students and teachers or friends, for example, Thưa mẹ con đi học về. Em chào cô/thầy. Chào bạn.

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