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
ACLGEU135
Recognise that German and English are related languages and that German is an important European and global language[Key concepts: global language, culture, identity; Key processes: identifying, exploring, researching]
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACLGEU135 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLGEC127
Compare aspects of German and English language, such as vocabulary, sounds and rhymes, and cultural information, and share with peers and family[Key concepts: meaning, interconnection; Key processes: comparing, interpreting, explaining]
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACLGEC127 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLGEU135
finding examples of German used at home or in the community and creating a class collection or display, for example, products, labels or words used in English language advertisements, shop signs, recipe books or menus
Elaboration (2) | ACLGEU135 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | 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
Elaboration (3) ACLGEU131
encoding and decoding familiar German words using alphabetic knowledge of single letters, consonant clusters (sch) and vowel combinations (au, ei, eu, ie), applying learnt memory aids such as ‘when E and I go walking, the second one does the talking’
Elaboration (3) | ACLGEU131 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLGEU135
exploring some similarities between Germanic languages, such as Dutch, English and German cognates
Elaboration | ACLGEU135 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLGEC130
comparing learning a language at school with another context for learning a language, such as at home, at community language school or on holiday
Elaboration (2) | ACLGEC130 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLGEC130
comparing own experiences of learning German with peers’, and imagining what aspects of English a German speaker might find challenging and why
Elaboration | ACLGEC130 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLGEC128
Produce texts such as signs, class word lists and picture dictionaries in both German and English for the classroom and school community[Key concepts: vocabulary, translation; Key processes: labelling, matching, translating]
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACLGEC128 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLGEU134
comparing ways in which language changes according to purpose and text type, for example, differences in amount of language, tone and layout between a dialogue and a list of instructions
Elaboration (1) | ACLGEU134 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLGEC127
comparing and matching key words in German and English, such as names for German-speaking countries and some cities (Deutschland/Germany, Wien/Vienna) and animals
Elaboration | ACLGEC127 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLGEU132
comparing pluralisation of nouns in German and English, and using die for plural nouns in German, for example, der Apfel/die Äpfel
Elaboration (2) | ACLGEU132 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACLGEU132
using present tense forms of irregular verbs such as haben and sein and recognising similarities to the English verbs ‘to have’ and ‘to be’
Elaboration (6) | ACLGEU132 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLGEU133
classifying a range of digital and other texts such as fairy tales, recipes, instructions, advertisements, greeting cards, maps or songs according to their purpose(s) (such as to entertain, describe or instruct), discussing and justifying choices in …
Elaboration | ACLGEU133 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLGEC129
noticing how own language use influences expectations about German language use, for example, wanting to use one word for ‘you’, and not expecting to capitalise all nouns
Elaboration (1) | ACLGEC129 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLGEC129
noticing that there are alternative ideas and ways of interacting to those offered by one’s own language and culture
Elaboration (3) | ACLGEC129 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLGEU135
recognising that German is an official language of the ‘DACHL’ countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein) as well as in Belgium, Luxembourg and South Tyrol
Elaboration (1) | ACLGEU135 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLGEU136
learning how to communicate about culture and language using terms such as ‘meaning’, ‘difference’ and ‘behaviour’
Elaboration (3) | ACLGEU136 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLGEC126
Create imaginative texts such as simple plays, poems and stories, using formulaic expressions and modelled language as well as simple visual supports[Key concepts: fantasy, entertainment, amusement; Key processes: performing, creating, presenting]
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACLGEC126 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | German | Languages | F-10 curriculum