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Arabic / Year 7 and 8 / Communicating / Translating
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Create bilingual texts such as posters, games and signs for the classroom and school community, making decisions about words and expressions that do not readily translate
[Key concepts: bilingualism, audience, meaning; Key processes: translating, reasoning, explaining]
(ACLARC009)
Elaborations
- creating a digital bilingual dictionary for classroom use
- making bilingual greeting cards for family celebrations such as Mother’s Day, using greetings in Arabic alongside English ones, for example,
عيد أم سعيد؛ عيد أم مبارك؛ كل عام وأنت بخير؛ كل عام وأنت بألف خير؛ دمت لي سالمة
- creating captions in Arabic and in English for a display of a class event or experience such as a sports day or school concert
- producing a parallel bilingual word list by relating known Arabic words or expressions to English equivalents and vice versa, noticing that direct translation is sometimes inappropriate
- designing bilingual texts such as posters or signs for class or school assembly performances, a sports carnival, displays or events
- creating parallel lists of informal Arabic and English expressions for own use in everyday interactions with friends and family, including expressions drawn from various Arabic dialects represented within the classroom, for example, ‘see you later’, ‘no worries’
- composing bilingual texts such as a board game or an instruction manual for a game
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Arabic language, Bilingual texts