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Hindi / Year 7 and 8 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Explore how language use varies according to context, purpose, audience and mode of delivery
[Key concepts: register, mode, audience; Key processes: comparing, explaining]
(ACLHIU069)
Elaborations
- comparing and explaining the use of different styles of communication in different contexts, such as respectful, devotional or colloquial forms of expression आपकी यात्रा मंगलमय हो,सब ठीक-ठाक है?
- identifying differences in features and register between spoken and written language, for example, in apologies, invitations or narratives कल मेरे घर आना, कल हमारे घर पधारिए/दर्शन दीजिए
- comparing language and textual features used when communicating with different age groups, for example, amusing rhymes and terms of affection for small children, devotional texts for religious expression
- identifying variations in language use between people of different ages, gender or status, for example, ways of showing authority or expressing humility
- understanding that facial expressions, gestures and body language are key elements of communication and that they can be interpreted differently by different people
- explaining variations in style, content and register of different expressions of wishes for a particular event or occasion such as Diwali, for example, हर घर में हो उजाला, आए न कभी रात काली हर घर मनाए ख़ुशियाँ, हर घर में हो दिवाली compared to an sms message such as शुभ दिवाली
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