ACL9LCLF8E03
Years 7 to 8
Languages
ACARA website code: AC9LCLF8E03
ACL9LCLF8E03 | Years 7 to 8 Framework for Classical Languages: Translating
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor develop and apply strategies to interpret and translate [Classical Language] texts to convey meaning in English
Years 7 to 10 sequence
Strand
Engaging with the ancient [Country/City] world through texts
Substrand
Translating
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Framework for Classical Languages · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration considering multiple meanings of vocabulary by using dictionaries and electronic translation tools, and making appropriate selections according to context
- • Elaboration listening to simple sentences in [Classical Language] and using aural cues to infer meaning, such as tone, inflection, emphasis and signpost words
- • Elaboration using known vocabulary, in [Classical Language] or English, and context, to deduce the meaning of unknown words
- • Elaboration exploring the effect of using the variety of English translations for verb tenses
- • Elaboration determining the general sense of texts through initial holistic reading, by identifying familiar people, vocabulary, places or topics and contextualising new vocabulary
- • Elaboration collaborating with peers to edit joint translations and to compare and discuss the merits of different translations of the same text
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