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German / Year 3 and 4 / Understanding / Systems of language
Curriculum content descriptions
Experiment with the pronunciation of vowel sounds, letter combinations and intonation patterns, and recognise and write high-frequency words and expressions in familiar contexts
[Key concepts: pronunciation, intonation, accents; Key processes: distinguishing sounds, recognising, practising]
(ACLGEU131)
Elaborations
- recognising and practising short and long vowel sounds, initial consonants and blends, for example, ja, rot, singen, Sport, Winter, zwei
- recognising and using the Umlaut and Eszett to pronounce and write familiar German words
- understanding that intonation patterns create different meanings, as in the distinction between statements, questions and exclamations (Du bist acht. Du bist acht? Du bist acht!)
- encoding and decoding familiar German words using alphabetic knowledge of single letters, consonant clusters (sch) and vowel combinations (au, ei, eu, ie), applying learnt memory aids such as ‘when E and I go walking, the second one does the talking’
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Sight words, Pronunciation, Intonation, German language