Descriptors›Languages›Years 7 to 8›Understanding language and culture›Understanding systems of language›ACL9LCLF8U03
ACL9LCLF8U03 Years 7 to 8 Languages

ACARA website code: AC9LCLF8U03

ACL9LCLF8U03 | Years 7 to 8 Framework for Classical Languages: Understanding systems of language

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor compare [Classical Language] vocabulary and language structures and features with 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 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 understanding conventions of word order and how they may be different in [Classical Language] and English
  • • Elaboration using terms relating to parts of speech to compare basic sentence structures in [Classical Language] and English
  • • Elaboration identifying and using [Classical Language] derivatives to expand English vocabulary
  • • Elaboration identifying and collecting word families in which the same [Classical Language] root is used with different prefixes or suffixes
  • • Elaboration understanding that one [Classical Language] word may correspond to several different English words and selecting the most appropriate meaning of a word in its context
  • • Elaboration exploring how use of language techniques in narratives, such as exclamation, repetition, alliteration and onomatopoeia, can encourage the audience to respond in particular ways in both [Classical Language] and English

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