Hindi / Year 3 and 4 / Understanding / Systems of language

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Notice differences between simple spoken, written and multimodal texts used in different contexts, comparing with similar texts in English

[Key concepts: genre, language features; Key processes: identifying, comparing, distinguishing]

 (ACLHIU032)

Elaborations
  • recognising features of familiar genres of Hindi texts, such as digital books or puppet shows, video clips or children’s songs
  • recognising differences between the layout and language features of different types of texts and formats, such as चित्र-कथाएँ and लोक-कथाएँ
  • recognising the role played by different elements in texts to contribute to meaning-making, for example, the layout, title, illustration and punctuation in a picture book or the use of repetition and rhyme in poems and chants
  • recognising differences in spoken and written forms of everyday texts, such as greetings or wishes, for example, आपको बहुत-बहुत बधाई हो (spoken) and हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ. (written), comparing with similar differences between spoken and written texts in English
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  • Literacy Literacy
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