ACL9LCLF8U03
Year 7
Languages
ACL9LCLF8U03 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding systems of language
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
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.
Content Description
compare [Classical Language] vocabulary and language structures and features with English, using metalanguage
Elaborations
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1
understanding conventions of word order and how they may be different in [Classical Language] and English
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2
using terms relating to parts of speech to compare basic sentence structures in [Classical Language] and English
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3
identifying and using [Classical Language] derivatives to expand English vocabulary
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4
identifying and collecting word families in which the same [Classical Language] root is used with different prefixes or suffixes
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5
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
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6
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
Related Achievement Standards