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Arabic / Year 9 and 10 / Understanding / Language variation and change

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Curriculum content descriptions

Reflect on the dynamic nature of language, relating it to constantly changing environments and cultural conditions such as contact with other languages and cultures and changing circumstances in local and global contexts

[Key concepts: communication, influence, power of language, changing environment; Key processes: investigating, examining, analysing, explaining, reflecting]

(ACLARU186)

Elaborations

recognising that language changes over time, for example, by viewing classical and contemporary Arabic films and comparing how certain ideas and concepts are differently represented through the language used
examining how English is influencing and modifying Arabic language use in particular settings, for example, in the entertainment industry, such as in films and television programs; in online contexts; and in language used to express global concepts such as الدّيمقراطيّة؛ الّليبراليّة
considering how moving between Modern Standard Arabic and regional dialects reflects personal, social and political histories and changing contexts

General capabilities

Literacy
Critical and creative thinking
Intercultural understanding
Personal and social capability
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability

ScOT terms

Arabic language, Language evolution

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