ACL9LCG10U03 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor explain how Classical Greek vocabulary, structures and features extend understanding of English, using metalanguage

Elaborations

• • Elaboration investigating and explaining the effect of word order in Classical Greek and English in producing emphasis and tone, for example, indignation, anger and suspense
• • Elaboration reflecting on the particular use of tenses in Classical Greek and making comparisons with English, such as use of aspect, vivid use of the present in indirect speech
• • Elaboration identifying Classical Greek roots in English scientific, technical, legal and academic terminology, for example, pathogen, symmetry, geology, metropolis, gigabyte, nanotechnology
• • Elaboration applying knowledge of Classical Greek to understand the formation of English words, for example, criterion/criteria, macro-economics
• • Elaboration recognising terms in English that are hybrids of Classical Greek and Latin, for example, metalanguage, quantum physics, teleconference
• • Elaboration recognising the influence of literary genres such as epic, tragedy, comedy, epigram, ode, history and myth, in order to understand different text types in English
• • Elaboration analysing language features in Classical Greek and English used to influence the intended audience, such as imagery and rhetorical devices