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ACL9LL10U03: Year 9 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding systems of language
ACL9LL10U03 Year 9 Languages

ACL9LL10U03 – 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 Latin vocabulary, structures and features extend understanding of English, using metalanguage

Elaborations

  • • recognising connections between grammatical structures and features in Latin and English, and applying knowledge to extend grammatical understanding of the English language, for example, use of participles and gerunds
  • • identifying Latin roots in English medical, scientific and technical terminology, for example, genus, species, computer, data and super conductor, and exploring how Latin is used to coin terms for new technology and discoveries, such as internet, Trojan (horse), forum and virus
  • • recognising terms in English that are hybrids of Latin and Classical Greek, for example, metalanguage, quantum physics and teleconference
  • • examining Latin expressions, abbreviations and words that are used in fields such as law, business and education, for example, de facto, non sequitur, agenda, forum and curriculum
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    explaining how in both Latin and English, the coherence of complex texts relies on devices that signal text structure and guide readers, for example, primo … deinde … tandem, non solum … verum etiam

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    analysing how Latin and English use linguistic features and word order to influence the audience, such as the contrast of short and periodic sentences to persuade and the intentional use of word order to produce emphasis and tone, for example, qualis vir? conclamant omnes, miser Catulle

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANLATY910
Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 10, students use their knowledge of Latin to interpret and analyse information from a range of texts and sources about ancient Roman society and culture. They apply strategies to translate and interpret Latin texts into English and demonstrate understanding of how language conveys cultural meaning. Students apply Latin sound-script relationships and use restored pronunciation when reading familiar and unfamiliar texts aloud. They select and apply Latin grammatical conventions and rules when translating and responding to texts. They explain how Latin has influenced English vocabulary and analyse language structures and features, using metalanguage. They demonstrate understanding that the language, texts and artefacts from Ancient Rome are connected with culture and identity, and reflect on the interrelationship of language(s), culture(s) and identity.