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Languages
Level7
Standards
AtLevel7,studentsareworkingtowardtheLevel8standards.
Languages
Level8
Standards
CommunicatinginalanguageotherthanEnglish
AtPathway1Level8,studentsrecallmostofthemainideas,objectsanddetailspresentedwithatopicinthelanguage. Theyusearangeofstrategiestoassistinlisteningcomprehension. Studentsadaptlanguageandgestureappropriatelyfortherole,audienceandpurposeoftheinteraction,demonstrating awarenessoftheculturalandlanguagerequirementsofarangeofsituationsassociatedwiththetopicsbeingstudied. Studentsparticipateeffectivelyininteractionssuchasroleplaysandconversationsonsimpletopics.Theycreatesimple originaltextforspecificaudiencesandpurposesinprintandelectronicform.Theywriteparagraphsandlinked sequences,usingappropriatescriptandlanguagerelatedtothetopic. Studentscriticallyreviewtheirownwriting.Theydrafttheirwritinganduseavarietyofwritingtechniquesandtoolsto presentinformationinarangeoftexttypes.Theylocateanddownloadinformationinthelanguagefromavarietyofprint andelectronicresourcesincludingdictionariesandreferencematerials.
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Interculturalknowledgeandlanguageawareness
Languages
Studentsdemonstrateskillsandknowledgeinthisdimensionbythechoicestheymakeinformulatingtheir responseto,oruseof,thelanguage. AtPathway1Level8,studentsactivelyparticipateinthecreationandmaintenanceofthelanguageandculturalambience intheclassroom.Theyselect,interpretandpresentknowledgeaboutthelanguage,itsspeakers,andcountrieswhereit isspoken. Studentsdemonstrateunderstandingofaspectsofinterpretationandtranslationbyusingappropriatelanguageand levelsofrespectindifferentcircumstances,thusreflectingtherelationshipbetweenthespeakersofthelanguage.They interactwithavarietyofspeakersofthelanguagefromdifferentcountriesandcommunities,includingAustralia,togain understandingofdiverseviewsandbeliefswithinandbetweenthesecommunities. Studentsexpresstheirownviewsandvaluesinrelationtosimplescenariosorpropositions.
Languages
Level7
Standards
AtPathway2Level7,studentsareworkingtowardtheLevel8standards.
Languages
Level8
Standards
CommunicatinginalanguageotherthanEnglish
AtPathway2Level8,studentsintroducethemselves,greetandfarewellothersusingtheappropriateregisterand reproducemodelleduseoflanguage.Theyexchangesimpleinformationontopicssuchasdailyroutinesandaspectsof theirworld.Theytalkaboutthemselvesinresponsetoquestions,andaskquestionsinresponse.Studentsmanipulate modelledlanguage.Theyreadorlistentopassagesandextractbasicfactualinformationondefinedtopics. Studentsdemonstrateeffectivesounddiscrimination.Intonelanguages,studentsdiscernallthetonepatternsinslowed speech. Studentsdescribeanduseculturallyspecificgesturesandbodylanguage.Theyshowawarenessofthelanguage requirementsofarangeofspecificsituationsrelatedtoagiventopic,andadaptlanguageandgestureappropriatelyfor therole,audienceandpurposeofthediscourse.Theyacquireandusenewinformationandlanguage,andrecycle previouslylearntlanguageskillsandknowledgeinnewcontexts. Studentsexplorewordmeanings,wordassociations,cognates,andsoon,andapplythisknowledgetotheirownwork.
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Languages
ClassicallanguagesForClassicallanguages,thecompletestandardisprovidedbelow:
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Studentsreadandinterpretarangeofsignificantlymodifiedtextsformeaningandextractbasicfactualinformationon definedtopics.Studentsbegintowritesimplesentencesusingmodifiedtextsasaguide.Theydemonstratean understandingofwordmeanings,wordassociations,cognatesandderivativesandapplythisknowledgetotheirown work.Theymanipulatemodelledlanguageatthelevelofsimplesentences.andidentify,describeanddiscusssimple linguisticandgrammaticalstructuresofthelanguage.Studentsshowanunderstandingofmorphologicalfeatures suchascase,gender,number,person,tense,moodandtheimportanceofgrammaticalagreement.They demonstrateeffectivesounddiscrimination. ForLatin,studentsidentifysimilarlettersthatsounddifferentinthelanguage,andreadaloud,attemptingtoapply knowledgeofpronunciation. ForClassicallanguageswithanonRomanalphabet,suchasClassicalGreek,studentsdescribethedifferentwriting systemandwriteletters,wordsandshortsentences.Theydescribeanddiscussadditionalelementarylinguistic structures,suchasparticlesandaspect.
Interculturalknowledgeandlanguageawareness
Studentsdemonstrateskillsandknowledgeinthisdimensionbythechoicestheymakeinformulatingtheir responseto,oruseof,thelanguage. AtPathway2Level8,studentsactivelycontributetotheestablishmentofaphysicalandlanguageenvironmentinthe classroomthatreflectsthelanguageandculture.Theyselect,interpretandpresentknowledgeaboutthelanguage,its speakers,andcountrieswhereitisspoken. Studentsdemonstrateunderstandingofaspectsofinterpretationandtranslationbyusingappropriatelanguageand levelsofrespectindifferentcircumstances,thusreflectingtherelationshipbetweenthespeakersofthelanguage. Theyinteractwithavarietyofspeakersofthelanguage,possiblyfromdifferentcountriesandcommunities,including Australia,togainunderstandingofdiverseviewsandbeliefswithinandbetweenthesecommunities.Studentsofa classicallanguagedemonstrateanunderstandingofthetargetculturefromanhistoricalperspectiveleadingtoan appreciationofancientlife,historyandcultureassociatedwiththelanguage. Studentsexpresstheirownviewsandvaluesinrelationtosimplescenariosorpropositions.