AC9SF03 Foundation Languages

Content descriptor explore connections between language and culture

Elaborations

• • Elaboration exploring the use of formal ways of addressing unfamiliar people such as an adult, and informal ways of addressing familiar people such as friends, and understanding that language can convey manners and respect
• • Elaboration understanding that the Spanish language is spoken in many places in the world
• • Elaboration exploring different languages and cultures of class members and identifying different ways of greeting and expressing common terms such as yes/no, hello/goodbye, etc.
• • Elaboration using the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) map of the languages of Australia to notice the language(s) of First Nations Australians in their local area and/or across Australia
• • Elaboration noticing how local names of streets, places and landmarks can have their origins in language(s) of First Nations Australians
• • Elaboration engaging with a range of authentic visual resources such as videos, animations, pictures, books and posters to explore Spanish-speaking countries’ celebrations, customs, costumes and food, and common expressions and language related to these events
• • Elaboration looking at some familiar words for foods and their origins, for example, tacos, tortilla, paella, churros

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• • Elaboration understanding that there are many different languages in the world, and that Spanish is spoken by different communities of speakers, and that some people may speak more than one language