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Non-Roman Alphabet Languages - F–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 achievement standards

By the end of Level 8, students use the written and spoken language being studied to initiate and sustain classroom interactions to carry out transactions and to exchange information, ideas, thoughts and feelings about people, objects, places and events. They ask and respond to open-ended questions...

Level description | Languages | Non-Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8
VCNRC093

Translate and interpret texts such as emails, signs and notices, using contextual cues and familiar textual features and recognising aspects that are similar and different in the two language versions

Elaborations
- translating short, simple texts identifying words and expressions that can be readily translated and those that can be ‘lost in translation’
- translating signs and notices from the language, identifying similarities and differences in both language versions
- identifying and explaining expressions that require interpretation rather than translation
- using bilingual dictionaries and electronic translation tools to become aware of alternative or multiple meanings of words and the importance of context when making meaning
VCNRC093 | Languages | Non-Roman Alphabet Languages | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Translating