Years 5 and 6 German

The nature of the learners At this level, students are expanding their social networks, experiences and communication repertoire in both their first language and German. They continue to need guidance and participate in structured, collaborative tasks …

Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACLGEU149

understanding the concept of regular and irregular verbs and noticing that this is a feature of both German and English (and other languages, such as French, Italian and Spanish)

Elaboration (3) | ACLGEU149 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (11) ACLGEU149

understanding the meaning of the conjunctions dass and weil

Elaboration (11) | ACLGEU149 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLGEC139

Use simple questions, statements and responses to participate in and support classroom interactions and learning activities, and to indicate understanding and monitor own learning[Key concepts: process, progress, outcome; Key processes: discussing, monitoring, …

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ACLGEC139 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLGEU152

Understand why language is important and recognise that languages and cultures change over time and influence one another[Key concepts: change, borrowing, impact; Key processes: discovering, exploring, understanding]

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ACLGEU152 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACLGEU149

understanding and describing current, recurring and future actions, including by using common separable verbs such as aufstehen, ausgehen, aussehen, fernsehen, mitkommen and mitnehmen

Elaboration (2) | ACLGEU149 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

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understanding questions using warum and responding with a simple sentence, for example, Warum bist du müde? Ich habe heute Fuβball gespielt.

Elaboration (12) | ACLGEU149 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACLGEU152

understanding that German, like all languages, is constantly expanding to include new words and expressions in response to changing intercultural experiences, for example, Fast Food, Fairness

Elaboration (2) | ACLGEU152 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLGEU149

Develop and apply knowledge of German grammatical elements such as verb tenses, modal verbs and case, combining them with an increasing range of nouns, adjectives and adverbs to construct sentences[Key concepts: verb tenses and forms, variation, metalanguage; …

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ACLGEU149 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACLGEU148

understanding and applying punctuation rules (full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, quotation marks) in German, including the meaning and use of full stops and commas in ordinal and decimal numbers (die 3. Klasse and 9,50 Euro), and capitalisation …

Elaboration (5) | ACLGEU148 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACLGEU149

understanding and expressing obligation and permission using the modal verbs müssen and dürfen, such as in descriptions of school rules, for example, Wir dürfen in der Klasse nicht texten. Wir müssen eine Uniform tragen.

Elaboration (4) | ACLGEU149 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (8) ACLGEU149

understanding and speaking about past events by adapting modelled sentences in the present perfect tense and using knowledge of common verbs in the simple past tense, for example, Ich habe heute meine Hausaufgaben nicht gemacht. Wir sind nach Bali geflogen. …

Elaboration (8) | ACLGEU149 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (14) ACLGEU149

understanding and locating events in time, including the use of the 24-hour clock, prepositions such as nach and vor, and formulaic expressions such as früher, später, am Wochenende, in den Ferien

Elaboration (14) | ACLGEU149 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACLGEU148

understanding that β can only be used in lower case, otherwise SS, and that ä, ö and ü can be written as ae, oe and ue respectively, for example, in upper case signs or word puzzles such as crosswords

Elaboration (2) | ACLGEU148 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum