ACL9LCG8E03 – Year 7 Languages: Translating

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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.

Elaborations

• • developing skills in using print and electronic resources to consider multiple meanings of vocabulary and locating the appropriate meanings of words within a context
• • using knowledge of Classical Greek-derived English words to deduce the meaning of Classical Greek words
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  considering multiple meanings of vocabulary, for example, using dictionaries and electronic translation tools, and making appropriate selections according to context, such as ἄριστος

• • using known vocabulary in Classical Greek or English, and context, to deduce the meaning of unknown words
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  applying knowledge of grammar to determine meaning of inflected forms and to recognise, in context, the specific function of words which may have multiple applications, such as subject or object, for example, τὸ δένδρον θάλλει. ὁ γεωργὸς κόπτει τὸ δένδρον

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  translating Classical Greek into idiomatic English, identifying words and expressions that do not translate easily, for example, ἀγαθός, ἄριστος, καλός, ξένος, δεινός, πρὸς τῶν θεῶν, ἔστι μοι δοῦλος

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  understanding that Classical Greek word order is different from English and determining appropriate word order in English to retain meaning and emphasis, for example, κελεύει σε ὁ Ζεύς

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard: