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Arabic / Year 5 and 6 / Understanding / Role of language and culture
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Explore how language use reflects particular value systems, attitudes and patterns of behaviour by comparing ways of communicating across cultures
[Key concepts: values, attitudes, behaviour; Key processes: exploring, describing, comparing]
(ACLARU153)
Elaborations
- describing own and others’ ways of communicating, and identifying aspects that reflect traditions, values and practices in Arabic-speaking communities
- exploring words or expressions commonly used in informal interactions in the Australian context, and interpreting or explaining them for young Arabic speakers, for example, ‘mate’ or ‘fair dinkum’
- noticing similarities and differences between own ways of communicating and interactions between young Arabic and English speakers in different contexts and situations, for example, expressions of politeness or turn-taking in conversations, and reflecting on the influence of culture on language use
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Arabic language, Culture