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What should I wear today? – AT

Students learnt about various items of clothing and to express and show understanding of simple sentences about clothes. Students were aware that Spanish and English share the same alphabet, but letters and sounds are pronounced differently. In this …

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In our classroom – AT

Students studied the classroom environment and classroom objects commonly found and used. Students practiced counting the number of items and using appropriate case markers and counters for nouns. In this task, students were asked to write at least 5 …

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At the restaurant – At

Students learnt vocabulary and grammar patterns related to ordering and describing food and drink, including Arabic and Middle Eastern foods In this task, students were asked to work in groups to write the script for a role play in a restaurant. One …

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My school life – AT

In this task, students were asked to respond to a range of oral questions at the end of a unit of work on school life in a 1-on-1 interaction with the teacher. The unit of work included discussions of school activities and routines, equipment needed …

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Gesundheit role play – AT

Students learnt how to describe ailments and health conditions. This provided a context for introducing the perfect tense with the auxiliary haben, and regular verbs. Students had been introduced to both coordinating and subordinating conjunctions in …

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Elaboration (3) ACLGEU169

noting that although German grammar has not changed as much as English over the centuries, it did relatively recently undergo changes in spelling and punctuation in the official Rechtschreibreform, requiring, for example, β to be used only after long …

Elaboration (1) ACLHIU086

comparing Hindi and English versions of texts such as invitations or newspaper announcements, noticing forms of expression that are culturally significant, such as जय के विवाह का शुभ मुहुर्त ... के दिन ... बजे से.. बजे तक तय हुआ है। आपकी उपस्थिति और आशीर्वाद …

Elaboration ACLINU067

analysing the influence of other languages on Indonesian, such as in advertising and technology, food, administration, religion and everyday life, for example, modern, handphone, satelit (English); mie (Chinese); sepatu (Portuguese); kantor (Dutch); guru …

Elaboration (1) ACLINU118

analysing word borrowings in Indonesian, such as from Arabic (Assalam alaikum), English (teknis, format), Dutch (rekening, wortel, kantor), Sanskrit (bahasa, belanja), Tamil (roti, mangga) and Javanese (alon-alon asal kelakon), and exploring borrowings …

Elaboration (4) ACLTUC025

identifying expressions, words and phrases in Turkish children’s songs, poems and storybooks which have no direct English equivalents, using dictionaries to work out ‘best fit’ translations, for example, from the stories of Hacıvat ve Karagöz, the words …

Elaboration (2) ACLTUC059

translating short excerpts of folktales, stories, songs or plays into English, demonstrating how cultural elements cannot be translated literally, for example, the opening rhymes of Bir varmış, bir yokmuş; vocabulary such as Evvel zaman içinde, kalbur …

Elaboration (2) ACLVIC181

analysing and discussing similarities and differences and cultural influences in common Vietnamese and English idiomatic expressions, for example, Có chí thì nên = ‘Where there’s a will there’s a way’, Đừng có trông mặt mà bắt hình dong = ‘Don’t judge …

Self-introduction – oral presentation - AT

Students were asked to write a script introducing themselves in Japanese to be presented to the class. Students had learnt the language and sentence construction associated with self-introduction such as greetings, name, age, year level, birthday, zodiac …

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My crazy animal - AT

Students had learnt French colours and animals and basic descriptive language and grammar to form simple descriptive sentences. In this task, students were read the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Ours brun, Dis-moi French edition) by …

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Ma Famille - AT

Students had completed a unit of work on family incorporating conjugation of regular -er verbs, nationalities, likes and dislikes and agreement of adjectives and relevant vocabulary. In this task, students were asked to create a PowerPoint presentation …

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Je vous présente ma famille - AT

Students learnt the vocabulary and sentence structures to use to describe themselves and their family. They learnt a number of adjectives and to agree the adjective with the noun in number and gender. Students learnt to conjugate the verb aimer and how …

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Save the bushland – ABOVE

Students undertook a teacher-led excursion to a local bushland area that had been marked for potential redevelopment. Students examined and discussed arguments for and against the redevelopment. Students then wrote letters to the editor of the local newspaper …

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Save the bushland – AT

Students undertook a teacher-led excursion to a local bushland area that had been marked for potential redevelopment. Students examined and discussed arguments for and against the redevelopment. Students then wrote letters to the editor of the local newspaper …

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Email to a member of parliament – ABOVE

Students explored levels of mobile phone use and ownership in Australia as part of a unit on resources, consumers and businesses. They then wrote an email that might be sent to their local federal member of parliament requesting new legislation in relation …

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Email to a member of parliament – AT