Turkish: F–10 Sequence / Foundation to Level 2 / Understanding / Role of language and culture
Content description
Understand that people use language in ways that reflect their culture, such as where and how they live and what is important to them
Elaborations
exploring the meaning of ‘culture’, how it involves visible elements, such as ways of dressing, eating and dancing, and invisible elements, such as ways of thinking and valuing
recognising that there are words and expressions in Turkish that ‘belong’ to Turkish and not to English, for example, Hoş bulduk, Çok yaşa, Sen de gör
noticing that some Australian terms and expressions only have meaning in the Australian context and have no equivalent in Turkish, for example,’ the outback’, ‘bush tucker’, ‘Good on ya!’
noticing that using Turkish and using English involves different ways of communicating; considering what this reveals about cultural values or traditions
