Descriptors›Languages›Years 9 to 10›Understanding language and culture›Understanding systems of language›ACL9LCLF10U03
ACL9LCLF10U03 Years 9 to 10 Languages

ACARA website code: AC9LCLF10U03

ACL9LCLF10U03 | Years 9 to 10 Framework for Classical Languages: Understanding systems of language

Content Descriptor

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

Years 7 to 10 sequence

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language

This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 Framework for Classical Languages · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

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

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