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Spanish / Year 5 and 6 / Understanding / Systems of language
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Attend to the pronunciation of sounds and intonation patterns used in social interactions and apply writing conventions such as question and exclamation marks
[Key concepts: auditory discrimination, stress, intonation, punctuation; Key processes: listening, reading, recognising]
(ACLSPU156)
Elaborations
- recognising how pitch, stress and rhythm assist meaning when individual words are unfamiliar, for example, ¡Qué miedo! ¡Rápido! ¡Vamos!
- recognising the Spanish pronunciation of English loan words (bistec, jonrón, fútbol) and applying this awareness to unfamiliar loan words
- reproducing Spanish sounds such as d/t, ce/ci, ga/gi, gue and gui
- recognising variations in forms of spoken Spanish associated with particular regions, such as the pronunciation of j in Ecuador compared with northern Spain
- applying phonic knowledge to spell unknown words, for example, estrella, llamar, tortilla, taxi, México
- understanding the function of accents and learning to insert these into their own work electronically
- understanding that accents in written Spanish indicate where the stress falls on a word, for example, mi mamá está en la fiesta and learning to insert these into their own work electronically
- using correct writing conventions such as inverted question and exclamation marks at the start of sentences, for example, ¿qué tal?; ¡cuidado!; ¡qué onda!
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Spanish language