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Elaboration ACLTUU029

learning about back (a, ı, o, u) and front (e, i, ö, ü) vowels in Turkish and applying the vowel harmony rule to high-frequency words

Elaboration (2) ACLTUU029

learning the pronunciation and spelling of high-frequency words with yumuşak g (soft g) ğ, as in yağmur and ağaç, understanding that this sound is never used at the beginning of words

Achievement Standard Turkish Years 3 and 4

By the end of Year 4, students interact with the teacher and peers to exchange information about themselves and others, everyday routines and events at school and in their local Turkish and multilingual communities. They ask and respond to questions …

Foundation to Year 2 Turkish

The nature of the learners Children in this pathway enter the early years of schooling with established oracy skills in Turkish, English and sometimes other languages or dialects. There will be variation in terms of proficiency in Turkish depending on …

Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Turkish | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACLTUU046

understanding how to use emphasis to enhance meaning, for example, using high-pitch tone and primary stress at the end of words, as in gel′dim ya!

Years 3 and 4 Turkish

The nature of the learners At this stage, children are developing cognitive and social capabilities that allow for increased control of their learning. They are able to conceptualise and reason, and have better memory and focus. This is a stage of social …

Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Turkish | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Years 7 and 8 Turkish

The nature of the learners The transition to secondary schooling involves social and academic demands that coincide with a period of maturational and physical change. Learners are adjusting to a new school culture with sharper divisions between curriculum …

Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Turkish | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Years 9 and 10 Turkish

The nature of the learners This stage of learning coincides with social, physical and cognitive changes associated with adolescence. Increased cognitive maturity enables learners to work more deductively with language and culture systems, to apply more …

Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | Turkish | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACLTUC011

identifying words or expressions in Turkish that they particularly associate with their sense of home and ‘who they are’

Elaboration (3) ACLTUU016

noticing words that come from different languages that students use in their everyday lives

ACLTUC025

Identify common spoken Turkish expressions, words or gestures that translate/do not translate readily into English and words that are used in both languages[Key concepts: equivalence, translation; Key processes: comparing, translating, explaining]

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Elaboration (1) ACLTUU029

matching root words to suffixes to apply the rule of vowel harmony and to learn about exceptions to the rule in relation to loan and compound words and to some Turkish words, such as bugün, kardeş and kalem, which have changed their original forms

Elaboration (2) ACLTUU016

creating a class record of Turkish words used in English, such as doner kebab, shish kebab, yoghurt, dolma, cacik, comparing how these words are pronounced in the two languages

Elaboration (1) ACLTUC025

translating and matching words to describe family members and relatives in Turkish and English, finding examples of words that have no English equivalents, such as dayı/amca/enişte, hala/yenge/teyze, ağabey/abla

Elaboration (3) ACLTUU029

learning that Turkish syllables only have one vowel, and that apart from loan words, they never have vowel sequences; applying this understanding through activities such as creating words by matching different prefixes and suffixes

Elaboration (2) ACLTUU033

finding English words used in Turkish, such as web sitesi, Twitter, tişört and blucin, considering differences between these and the types of Turkish words used in English

Elaboration (3) ACLTUU033

identifying loan words from other languages, for example, tren, doktor, baklava, çikolata, sıfır, şeker, tiyatro, balkon, discussing why particular kinds of words are more likely to be adopted

ACLTUC008

Explain in English the meaning of everyday Turkish words, phrases and gestures, noticing which are similar or different to equivalent words in English or other known languages[Key concepts: translation, meaning, similarity, difference; Key processes: …