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Year 5 Languages in the Australian Curriculum

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Arabic

Communicating meaning in Arabic

Interacting in Arabic

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    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Mediating meaning in and between languages

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    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

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    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in Arabic language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

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Creating text in Arabic

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    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using conventions of letter position, in a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas appropriate to text

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

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    apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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    compare some Arabic language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

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Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

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    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal, spoken and written communication

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Auslan · First-Language Learner Pathway

Communicating meaning in Auslan

Interacting in Auslan

  • AC9L1AU6C01

    initiate and sustain exchanges related to students’ experiences and opinions of their personal worlds and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using familiar and modelled idiomatic language to agree, suggest and resolve

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9L1AU6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of signed, visual and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in signed and visual cultural contexts

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Creating text in Auslan

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    create and present a range of informative and imaginative signed, visual and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled language structures and features to sequence information and ideas, appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9L1AU6U01

    apply knowledge of signs, pace and signing space to develop fluency in familiar contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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  • AC9L1AU6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts, using appropriate textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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  • AC9L1AU6U03

    compare Auslan structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity

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    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Auslan · Second-Language Learner Pathway

Communicating meaning in Auslan

Interacting in Auslan

  • AC9L2AU6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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  • AC9L2AU6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9L2AU6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of signed, visual and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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  • AC9L2AU6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in familiar signed and visual cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Creating text in Auslan

  • AC9L2AU6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative signed, visual and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled structures to sequence information and ideas, and using fingerspelling (FS), lexical signs, depicting signs (DSs), non-manual features (NMFs) and signing space, appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9L2AU6U01

    apply knowledge of signs, pace and signing space to develop fluency in familiar contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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  • AC9L2AU6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts, using appropriate textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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  • AC9L2AU6U03

    compare some Auslan structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity

  • AC9L2AU6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Chinese · Background-Language Learner Pathway

Communicating meaning in Chinese

Interacting in Chinese

  • AC9LCH6C01

    initiate and sustain exchanges related to students’ experiences and perspectives

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  • AC9LCH6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using modelled and idiomatic language, to agree, suggest and resolve

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LCH6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose and audience

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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    apply strategies to interpret and translate language in non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

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Creating text in Chinese

  • AC9LCH6C05

    create and present informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts, appropriate to purpose and audience, using a range of sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Understanding language and culture

Understanding language and culture

  • AC9LCH6U01

    use tone-syllables, intonation, stress and phrasing to express feelings and opinions

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    identify and use components and/or characters, sentence structures, syntax and writing system features to compose and respond to familiar and some unfamiliar texts and contexts

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    compare some Chinese language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LCH6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal and spoken communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Chinese · Second-Language Learner Pathway

Communicating meaning in Chinese

Interacting in Chinese

  • AC9LC6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal world and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LC6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LC6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LC6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in Chinese language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Creating text in Chinese

  • AC9LC6C05

    create and present informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, textual conventions, familiar characters and/or Pinyin

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LC6U01

    apply knowledge of tone-syllables, intonation, stress and phrasing to develop fluency and pronunciation to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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  • AC9LC6U02

    use knowledge of modelled sentence structures, formulaic expressions and some characters and writing system features to compose and respond to texts, using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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  • AC9LC6U03

    compare some Chinese language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LC6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal and verbal communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages · First-Language Learner Pathway F-10

Communicating meaning in [Language]

Interacting in [Language]

  • AC9L1F6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to Country/Place and students’ personal worlds

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  • AC9L1F6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9L1F6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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  • AC9L1F6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in [Language] language in non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in [Language]

  • AC9L1F6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts, using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9L1F6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words, phrases and expressions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9L1F6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9L1F6U03

    compare some [Language] language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity

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    understand how Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages are maintained and strengthened

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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    recognise that identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s) and Country/Place, and that this impacts on communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages · Second-Language Learner Pathway F-10

Communicating meaning in [Language]

Interacting in [Language]

  • AC9L2F6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and learning environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9L2F6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9L2F6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9L2F6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in [Language] language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in [Language]

  • AC9L2F6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts, using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9L2F6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9L2F6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9L2F6U03

    compare some [Language] language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity

  • AC9L2F6U04

    understand how [Language] and Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages can be revived, maintained and strengthened

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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    recognise that identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s) and Country/Place, and that this impacts on communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages · Language Revival Pathway F-10

Communicating meaning in [Language]

Interacting in [Language]

  • AC9LRF6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and learning environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LRF6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LRF6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LRF6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in [Language] language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in [Language]

  • AC9LRF6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts, using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LRF6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LRF6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LRF6U03

    compare some [Language] language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity

  • AC9LRF6U04

    understand how [Language] and Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages can be revived, maintained and strengthened

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LRF6U05

    recognise that identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s) and Country/Place, and that this impacts on communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

French

Communicating meaning in French

Interacting in French

  • AC9LF6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal world and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LF6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LF6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LF6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in French language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in French

  • AC9LF6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LF6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LF6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LF6U03

    compare some French language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LF6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal and verbal communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

German

Communicating meaning in German

Interacting in German

  • AC9LG6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
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    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LG6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LG6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in German language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in German

  • AC9LG6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LG6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LG6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts, using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LG6U03

    compare some German language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LG6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal and spoken communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Hindi

Communicating meaning in Hindi

Interacting in Hindi

  • AC9LH6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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  • AC9LH6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LH6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LH6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in Hindi language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in Hindi

  • AC9LH6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures in Devanāgarī script to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LH6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LH6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LH6U03

    compare some Hindi language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LH6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal, spoken and written communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Indonesian

Communicating meaning in Indonesian

Interacting in Indonesian

  • AC9LIN6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LIN6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LIN6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LIN6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in Indonesian language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in Indonesian

  • AC9LIN6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LIN6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LIN6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts, using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LIN6U03

    compare some Indonesian language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LIN6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal and spoken communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Italian

Communicating meaning in Italian

Interacting in Italian

  • AC9LIT6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal world and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LIT6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LIT6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LIT6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in Italian language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in Italian

  • AC9LIT6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative, spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LIT6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LIT6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LIT6U03

    compare some Italian language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LIT6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal and verbal communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Japanese

Communicating meaning in Japanese

Interacting in Japanese

  • AC9LJ6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal world and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LJ6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LJ6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LJ6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in Japanese language in familiar spoken, written and non-verbal cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in Japanese

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    create and present informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, textual conventions, and hiragana and some familiar katakana and kanji appropriate to context

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LJ6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of hiragana sounds, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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  • AC9LJ6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures, formulaic expressions and writing system rules to compose and respond to texts using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LJ6U03

    compare some Japanese language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LJ6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal and verbal communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Korean

Communicating meaning in Korean

Interacting in Korean

  • AC9LK6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LK6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LK6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LK6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in Korean language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in Korean

  • AC9LK6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LK6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of hangeul sounds, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

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  • AC9LK6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts, using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LK6U03

    compare some Korean language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LK6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal and spoken communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Modern Greek

Communicating meaning in Greek

Interacting in Greek

  • AC9LMG6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LMG6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LMG6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LMG6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in Greek language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in Greek

  • AC9LMG6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LMG6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LMG6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts, using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LMG6U03

    compare some Greek language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LMG6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal and spoken communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Spanish

Communicating meaning in Spanish

Interacting in Spanish

  • AC9LS6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LS6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LS6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LS6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in Spanish language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in Spanish

  • AC9LS6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LS6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LS6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts, using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LS6U03

    compare some Spanish language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LS6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal and spoken communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Turkish

Communicating meaning in Turkish

Interacting in Turkish

  • AC9LT6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LT6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LT6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LT6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in Turkish language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in Turkish

  • AC9LT6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LT6U01

    apply knowledge of combinations of sounds, syllables, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LT6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LT6U03

    compare some Turkish language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LT6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal, spoken and written communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Vietnamese

Communicating meaning in Vietnamese

Interacting in Vietnamese

  • AC9LV6C01

    initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and school environment

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LV6C02

    participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideas

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Mediating meaning in and between languages

  • AC9LV6C03

    locate and process information and ideas in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LV6C04

    apply strategies to interpret and convey meaning in Vietnamese language in familiar non-verbal, spoken and written cultural contexts

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Creating text in Vietnamese

  • AC9LV6C05

    create and present a range of informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using a variety of modelled sentence structures to sequence information and ideas, and conventions appropriate to text type

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

  • AC9LV6U01

    apply knowledge of sounds, tones, pronunciation and intonation patterns to develop fluency and rhythm to known words and phrases

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LV6U02

    use knowledge of modelled grammatical structures and formulaic expressions to compose and respond to texts, using appropriate punctuation and textual conventions

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this
  • AC9LV6U03

    compare some Vietnamese language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

  • AC9LV6U04

    recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal, spoken and written communication

    Written for Years 5 and 6

    Plan this

Other Year 5 learning areas

Questions teachers ask

What do students learn in Year 5 Languages?
The Australian Curriculum v9 has 174 Languages content descriptions for Year 5 (some are written for a band of years: Years 5 and 6). They are listed on this page with their codes.
How do I plan a Year 5 Languages lesson for a content description?
Choose "Plan this" next to the content description. Heapso opens a lesson plan set to Year 5 Languages with that code linked, so the plan is built around it. You can change anything before Pip writes.

Plan your next Year 5 Languages unit

Heapso opens a unit plan set to Year 5 Languages. Add the content descriptions you're teaching and Pip cites only those.

Plan this unit free

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