French: F–10 Sequence / Levels 5 and 6 / Understanding / Role of language and culture
Content description
Reflect on how ways of using language are shaped by communities’ ways of thinking and behaving and may be differently interpreted by others
Elaborations
reflecting on how different languages and cultures represented in the classroom influence ways of talking about and relating to social and physical environments, for example, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions in relation to place, language and culture
identifying elements of Australian-English vocabulary, expressions and behaviours, discussing how they might be explained to people from different language backgrounds, for example, ‘the bush’, ‘fair go’, ‘she’ll be right’
comparing responses and reactions to the experience of learning the French language and culture, examining whether initial attitudes or understandings have changed
