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
Elaboration (1) ACLGEC106
recognising key words in stories, rhymes or songs, using intonation and visual cues such as gestures and facial expressions to assist understanding
Elaboration (1) | ACLGEC106 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLGEC106
demonstrating understanding by labelling, pointing, matching, clicking, dragging, drawing, miming, facial expressions and actions
Elaboration (2) | ACLGEC106 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLGEU115
understanding and describing actions using verbs such as gehen, kommen, machen, malen, lesen, schreiben, sehen, singen, spielen and wohnen
Elaboration (4) | ACLGEU115 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLGEU116
understanding that texts can be spoken, written, digital, visual or multimodal, and that they can be very short (Stopp!, or a hand gesture to signal Komm her!) or much longer
Elaboration | ACLGEU116 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLGEU119
understanding that gestures differ across cultures, for example, shaking hands is generally more common in German-speaking countries than in Australia and omission to do so may be considered impolite from a German perspective
Elaboration (3) | ACLGEU119 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLGEU114
understanding that although German and English use the same alphabet there are additional symbols in German: the Umlaut to alter the pronunciation of particular vowels (ä, ö, ü) and the Eszett (β)
Elaboration (3) | ACLGEU114 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACLGEU115
understanding the location or origin of a person or object, such as hier, links and rechts, and prepositions such as auf, aus, hinter, in, neben and unter
Elaboration (7) | ACLGEU115 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLGEU117
understanding that the level of detail required can vary depending on the context, for example, Ich bin 5; Ich bin 6 Jahre und 3 Monate alt; Ich bin fast 7.
Elaboration (2) | ACLGEU117 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLGEU119
understanding that learning German involves ways of using language that may be unfamiliar, for example, using Guten Appetit before commencing a meal or using danke when refusing an offer
Elaboration (1) | ACLGEU119 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACLGEU115
understanding and using some question words and the intended/related answer in limited contexts, including was (an object), wer (a person), wie (manner), wo (a place), wann (a time) and wie viele (quantity)
Elaboration (6) | ACLGEU115 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum