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• VCHIC023

  Present simple information about home, school and community, using visual support such as photos, maps or charts

  Elaborations

  • using simple descriptive language and supporting resources to introduce family members and friends and to identify relationships with them, for example, मौसी; चाचा, providing details such as age, religion, occupation or regional backgrounds, for example, वह ऑस्ट्रेलियाई है। उसकी उम्र तीस साल की है।
  • presenting information they have collected about each other’s likes, dislikes or interests to create a class profile, chart or database, using checklists, surveys or question cues
  • presenting information via picture stories or multimodal displays on events or topics of potential interest to Hindi-speaking children of their own age in other contexts
  • working together to design posters or web pages to promote a cultural event or regional profile
  • creating a class book or digital display about topics they have been studying in Hindi and/or other curriculum areas, for example, इस्तेमाल की जा चुकी वस्तुओं से कुछ और बनाना; जीवन-चक्र; विश्व संगीत

  VCHIC023 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Informing

• VCHIC028

  Recognise that ways of communicating in different languages reflect ways of behaving and thinking

  Elaborations

  • recognising differences in attitudes or ways of expressing feelings when using Hindi or English, for example, when being polite and respectful, when thanking or sympathising with people or when exchanging wishes on special occasions
  • identifying non-verbal aspects of communication in Hindi that may be unfamiliar to non-Hindi speakers, such as the way that older relatives greet children by holding their hand over the child’s head and saying जीते रहो, or shaking the head from side to side or back and forth to show varying levels of agreement
  • recognising how the Hindi language reflects traditions and social distinctions to do with how people are regarded in society, how old they are or what religion they practise, for example, the use of the honorific particle जी after a surname to show respect or after an individual name to show affection
  • discussing how Australian behaviours and expressions might be understood or misunderstood by newcomers to the language and culture, for example, the use of terms such as ‘bushwalking’ or ‘arvo’, or expressions such as ‘she’ll be right’ and children’s use of first names with some adults
  • comparing how they communicate in Hindi, English or other languages when they are interacting with different people, such as elders, friends, strangers, parents, small children

  VCHIC028 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Reflecting