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• VCESU141

  Understand that language use varies according to the age and relationship of participants

  Elaborations

  • reflecting on how they communicate with family and friends and with people less close to them, noticing differences in language use and communicative behaviour
  • analysing how the language of texts such as invitations, apologies or greeting cards may vary depending on the relationship between the sender and the receiver
  • noticing differences in the ways that Spanish and English speakers communicate with different people, for example, with young children or with unfamiliar adults

  VCESU141 | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCESC128

  Participate in collaborative tasks and experiences such as creating and presenting a display or performance and following procedures and instructions

  Elaborations

  • working together on tasks such as designing a poster for a special event, planning a puppet show, or creating menus or picture books for ‘buddy’ classes, collaborating to make decisions about content, vocabulary and design, for example, ¿Cuál quieres, ésta o ésa? Dame/toma/pásame el pegamento/la goma...
  • working with visual, print and digital modes of expression to create invitations for a party, performance or class event, for example, Querido/a amigo/a; Me gustaría invitarte a mi...... el 15 de enero ¡Te espero! ¡Nos vemos en mi casa! Gracias. Hasta pronto
  • preparing, rehearsing and conducting public presentations and performances such as an item in Spanish for school assembly or a presentation to parents
  • following procedures and instructions for shared activities, for example, following a recipe for guacamole, paper cutting decorations, making a cometa or papalote, or completing a simple science experiment such as germinating a bean

  VCESC128 | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCESU144

  Discuss examples of ways in which the cultures of Spanish speakers influence everyday interactions such as expressions of respect and affection

  Elaborations

  • understanding that language carries information about the people who use it and that common expressions and conventions often reflect cultural values, for example, the explicit expression of affection reflected in the use of diminutives (primita, mami, papito, hermanito), and the importance of religion reflected in the use of names with religious associations (Rosario, Mercedes, Pilar)
  • learning how to talk about culture and language using terms such as ‘meaning’, ‘difference’ and ‘behaviour’, and thinking about values, ideas and traditions that sit inside language, for example, responding to prompts such as: What does it mean when…? Why do you think people…?

  VCESU144 | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCESU138

  Experiment with Spanish pronunciation, intonation and spelling rules, including patterns associated with questions and statements

  Elaborations

  • playing games such as Word Bingo with more difficult sounds, for example, the letter c in camino/coco compared to cero/cifra
  • learning to recognise the silent h as in hamaca, ahora and almohada and in loan words such as hotel
  • recognising and using different intonation for statements, commands, exclamations and questions, for example, Rosa va a la escuela; ¿Rosa va a la escuela?; ¡Vamos todos! ¡Ay, ay, ay!
  • extrapolating from familiar sounds and contexts to spell new words, for example, predicting how to spell Pablo having learnt the spelling of hablo
  • understanding that an accent may change the meaning of the word, for example, tú and tu, papa and papá
  • noticing the function of accents in relation to stress and pronunciation, for example, café, teléfono, árbol
  • applying punctuation and capitalisation rules when writing, such as not capitalising days of the week, months of the year or nationalities
  • understanding that some letters blend to make single sounds, such as GU in seguimos or QU in queso

  VCESU138 | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language