Years 7 and 8 Spanish
The nature of the learners These years represent a transition to secondary school. Students in this sequence are continuing to study Spanish, bringing with them an established capability to interact in different situations, to engage with a variety of …
Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Spanish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Spanish Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students use written and spoken Spanish for classroom interactions, to carry out transactions and to exchange views and experiences with peers and others in a range of contexts. They use rehearsed and spontaneous language …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Spanish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLSPC165
Engage in class activities and discussions through asking and responding to open-ended questions, and expressing or rejecting points of view[Key concepts: values, negotiation, classroom culture; Key processes: inviting, eliciting, explaining]
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ACLSPC165 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Spanish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLSPC171
Produce short bilingual texts such as digital stories, comics and blogs, and discuss how language reflects culture[Key concept: interpretation; Key processes: comparing, explaining, experimenting]
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ACLSPC171 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Spanish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLSPC173
Identify significant people, places, events and influences in own and others’ lives and explain why they are important to their sense of identity[Key concepts: biography, community; Key processes: analysing, reflecting]
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ACLSPC173 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Spanish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLSPU178
Understand the dynamic nature of languages[Key concepts: change, influence, evolution, globalisation; Key processes: observing, reflecting, explaining]
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ACLSPU178 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Spanish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLSPC165
using simple and compound sentences and cohesive devices such as Al principio... y luego... porque... por otro lado. Lo importante es...; pienso que... to structure arguments and to explain or justify a position, for example, Pienso que debemos conservar …
Elaboration | ACLSPC165 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Spanish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLSPC166
summarising key points in different types of informative texts, deducing the meaning of unknown words and expressions, and noticing and explaining cultural references
Elaboration (2) | ACLSPC166 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Spanish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLSPC170
commenting on representations of community cultural events such as Festival de Cine Mexicano, celebraciones de la vida de personajes del mundo hispanohablante en Australia, such as Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero de El Salvador, explaining particular language …
Elaboration (1) | ACLSPC170 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Spanish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLSPC170
assisting a visiting Spanish speaker to communicate with an audience of school students and staff who have not studied Spanish, by explaining and interpreting aspects of their language and/or culture
Elaboration (3) | ACLSPC170 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Spanish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLSPC170
selecting and explaining individual words or phrases in Spanish whose meaning can be affected by context, for example, Tengo una pila de cosas para hacer. La pila del celular se ha acabado
Elaboration (4) | ACLSPC170 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Spanish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLSPC171
providing an English commentary for video clips of Spanish-language social interactions in different situations and contexts, such as taking a bus to the city, visiting the dentist or buying a video game, explaining elements that may be unfamiliar to …
Elaboration (5) | ACLSPC171 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Spanish | Languages | F-10 curriculum