Years 9 and 10 German

The nature of the learners At this level, students bring to their learning existing knowledge of German language and culture and a range of learning strategies and experiences. They are increasingly aware of the world beyond their own and are engaging …

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

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

Years 3 and 4 German

The nature of the learners At this level, children are developing awareness of their social world and membership of various groups, including that of the German class. They have developed initial literacy in English, and this assists to some degree in …

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

Years 7 and 8 German

The nature of the learners These years represent a transition to secondary school. Students in this sequence bring with them an established capability to interact in different situations, to engage with a variety of texts and to communicate with some …

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

Foundation to Year 2 German

The nature of the learners Children enter the early years of schooling with established oracy skills in one or more languages and varying degrees of early literacy capability. For young students, learning typically focuses on their immediate world of …

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

Achievement Standard German Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students use written and spoken German to interact with teachers, peers and others; to make decisions, solve problems and negotiate transactions; and to exchange and justify ideas, opinions and views. When interacting, they …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard German Years 3 and 4

By the end of Year 4, students interact with teachers and peers in classroom routines, action-related talk and play. They respond to instructions and use formulaic expressions to interact, ask questions, seek assistance, and make statements related …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard German Foundation to Year 2

By the end of Year 2, students interact with teachers and peers through action-related talk and play. They introduce themselves, exchange greetings and farewells, for example, Ich heiße … Auf Wiedersehen! and express likes and dislikes. When interacting, …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard German Years 5 and 6

By the end of Year 6, students use written and spoken German for classroom interactions, to carry out transactions, and to share ideas and opinions, relate experiences and express feelings. They use complete sentences in familiar contexts to ask …

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

Achievement Standard German Years 9 and 10

By the end of Year 10, students use written and spoken German to initiate and sustain interactions with teachers, peers and others in a range of settings and for a range of purposes. They use language spontaneously in the classroom environment …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLGEC157

Access, summarise and analyse information and opinions from a range of sources relating to topical issues of shared interest[Key concepts: resources, values, issues; Key processes: summarising, reading, listening, analysing]

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ACLGEC157 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLGEC162

Create bilingual resources such as games, vocabulary cards, glossaries, word lists and labelled posters for language learning and the wider community[Key concepts: representation, organisation; Key processes: selecting, categorising, evaluating, tran …

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ACLGEC162 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACLGEC157

accessing and using print and online resources such as dictionaries, grammar references and encyclopaedias to support understanding of texts

Elaboration | ACLGEC157 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACLGEC140

collecting and comparing information from a range of informative print media and digital texts on topics related to social and environmental issues, for example, family life, schooling in different cultural contexts, endangered animals, or innovative …

Elaboration | ACLGEC140 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACLGEC154

communicating in face-to-face or online guided discussions with peers and German-speaking contacts to seek or share information and ideas about social, cultural and environmental issues, for example, Was recyceln Sie, Herr Meier?

Elaboration (2) | ACLGEC154 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACLGEC158

classifying information obtained from different print and electronic resources in a shared database of categories, themes and genres, showing relationships between ideas, topics and key vocabulary

Elaboration (3) | ACLGEC158 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLGEU116

Understand that language is organised as ‘texts’, which take different forms and use different structures and features to achieve their purposes[Key concepts: structure, form; Key processes: noticing, recognising, comparing]

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ACLGEU116 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACLGEU117

recognising that there can be different forms of address for the same person, for example, Mama, Mutti, Mami, Mutter

Elaboration (1) | ACLGEU117 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLGEU115

Understand some first elements of German grammar, such as simple verb forms, definite articles and pronouns, to identify and describe people and objects in the family and school domains[Key concepts: word order, connections, gender; Key processes: noticing …

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ACLGEU115 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLGEU132

Notice and apply elements of German grammar such as gender and singular/plural forms, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns and word order in simple spoken and written texts[Key concepts: word order, connections, syntax, cases; Key processes: noticing patterns, …

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ACLGEU132 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum