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ACL9LCLF10U03: Year 9 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding systems of language
ACL9LCLF10U03 Year 9 Languages

ACL9LCLF10U03 – Year 9 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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.

Content Descriptor

explain how [Classical Language] vocabulary, structures and features extend understanding of English, using metalanguage

Elaborations

  • • recognising connections between grammatical structures and features in [Classical Language] and English, and applying knowledge to extend grammatical understanding of the English language
  • • reflecting on the particular use of tenses in [Classical Language] and making comparisons with English
  • • identifying [Classical Language] roots in English medical, scientific, technical, legal and academic terminology
  • • explaining how in both [Classical Language] and English, the coherence of complex texts relies on devices that signal text structure and guide readers
  • • analysing language features in [Classical Language] and English, such as imagery and rhetorical devices, that are used to influence the intended audience
  • • investigating and explaining the effect of word order in [Classical Language] and English in producing emphasis and tone, for example, indignation, anger and suspense

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANFCLY910
Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 10, students use their knowledge of [Classical Language] to interpret and analyse information from a range of texts and sources about ancient [Country/City] society and culture. They apply strategies to translate and interpret [Classical Language] texts into English and demonstrate understanding of how language conveys cultural meaning. Students apply [Classical Language] sound-script relationships and use restored pronunciation when reading familiar and unfamiliar texts aloud. They select and apply [Classical Language] grammatical conventions and rules when translating and responding to texts. They explain how [Classical Language] has influenced English vocabulary and analyse language structures and features, using metalanguage. They demonstrate understanding that the language, texts and artefacts from Ancient [Country/City] are connected with culture and identity and reflect on the interrelationship of language(s), culture(s) and identity.