French / Year 9 and 10 / Understanding / Role of language and culture

Curriculum content descriptions

Understand that language and culture are interrelated, that they shape and are shaped by each other

[Key concepts: culture, language, meaning; Key processes: discussing, reflecting, comparing]

 (ACLFRU090)

Elaborations
  • comparing definitions of ‘language’ and of ‘culture’, and explaining how they relate to each other
  • considering how language both reflects and shapes cultural distinctions such as community, social class, gender and generation
  • reflecting on the experience of moving between cultures in and out of school, in local and virtual environments, and through the experience of learning and using French
  • exploring the reciprocal element of intercultural communication, considering how own cultural ways of thinking and behaving affect attitudes and interactions and influence other people’s responses or interpretations
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Social influence,  Language evolution,  French language

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