Alignment to the
Victorian Curriculum
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Languages Online activities will be a useful resource for students working towards the Achievement Standards for Levels F-8.

Languages Online activities align with the following content descriptions. Please note that the activities relate to some (not all) of the elaborations for each content description.

Foundation – Level 2 Levels 3 and 4 Levels 5 and 6 Levels 7 and 8 (7-10 sequence)
Communicating
Socialising
Interact and socialise with peers and teacher to exchange greetings and information about self and family, and express likes and dislikes (VCDEC103) Share information with peers and teacher about aspects of their personal worlds such as friends, home, favourite objects and activities (VCDEC120) Interact using descriptive and expressive language to share information about daily life, relate experiences and express feelings (VCDEC137) Socialise and interact with teacher and peers to exchange greetings, good wishes, and factual information about self, family, home, school and interests, and express likes, dislikes and preferences (VCDEC001)
Participate in guided group activities using simple repetitive language in songs, rhymes, games and transactions (VCDEC104) Participate in everyday classroom activities, responding to questions, instructions and requests, asking for clarification or assistance and making simple statements about own and others’ learning (VCDEC122) Use simple questions, statements and responses to participate in and support classroom interactions and learning activities, and to indicate understanding and monitor own learning (VCDEC139) Participate in classroom routines and exchanges by following instructions, asking and answering questions, apologising and making requests (VCDEC003)
Recognise and respond to instructions and questions about activities, games and classroom routines, and make polite requests (VCDEC105)
Informing
Identify key words and information in simple shared texts related to personal worlds (VCDEC106) Obtain and process information from peers and texts related to personal, social and natural worlds (VCDEC123) Identify topic, gist and specific points of information in a range of simple spoken and written texts relating to own world and that of other teenagers (VCDEC004)
Convey factual information about self, family and possessions through pictures, labels, captions and short descriptions, using familiar words and modelled language (VCDEC107) Present information in modelled spoken and written texts relating to personal, social and natural worlds (VCDEC124) Present in modelled spoken and written texts information relating to own world and that of other teenagers (VCDEC005)
Creating
Engage with a range of imaginative texts through action, dance, singing, drawing, shared reading and collaborative retelling (VCDEC108)
Express ideas and experiences in a variety of ways using familiar words and modelled language, such as through imaginative role-play, mime, drawing, oral discussion or scaffolded writing activities (VCDEC109)
Reflecting
Notice similarities and differences when using German compared to own language, such as how it feels, sounds and looks, and involves behaviours as well as words (VCDEC112) Notice and describe what looks or feels similar or different to own language and culture when interacting in German (VCDEC129) Engage with German speakers and texts, noticing how interactions involve culture as well as language (VCDEC010)
Express aspects of self, such as family, school/class, age and language(xxxxxx), noticing how these are part of one’s sense of identity (VCDEC113)
Understanding
Systems of language
Recognise and reproduce the sounds and rhythms of spoken German, including distinctive sounds (VCDEU114) Experiment with the pronunciation of vowel sounds, letter combinations and intonation patterns, and recognise and write high-frequency words and expressions in familiar contexts (VCDEU131) Explain and apply basic rules for German pronunciation, intonation, spelling and punctuation (VCDEU148) Recognise and use key features of the German sound system, including pronunciation, rhythm, stress and intonation, and identify main similarities and differences between the phonological and orthographic systems of English and German (VCDEU012)
Understand some first elements of German grammar, such as simple verb forms, definite articles and pronouns, to identify and describe people and objects in the family and school domains (VCDEU115) Notice and apply elements of German grammar such as gender and singular/plural forms, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns and word order in simple spoken and written texts (VCDEU132) Develop and apply knowledge of German grammatical elements such as verb tenses, modal verbs and case, combining them with an increasing range of nouns, adjectives and adverbs to construct sentences (VCDEU149) Develop knowledge of elements of the German grammatical system, including gender and number, nominative and accusative cases, present tense of regular and some irregular verbs, personal pronouns, possessive adjectives and word order, to describe people, objects, actions, events and relationships (VCDEU013)
Language variation and change
Recognise that in German, as in English and other languages, there are different ways of greeting and interacting with people (VCDEU117) Recognise some of the common variations in German as it is used in different contexts by different people (VCDEU134) Recognise that there are variations in German as it is used in different contexts by different people, such as formal/informal register and regional variations (xxxxxx) Recognise some of the common variations in German as it is used in different contexts and locations by different people (VCDEU015)
Recognise that Australia has speakers of many different languages, including German, and that German and English borrow words and expressions from each other (VCDEU118) Recognise that German and English are related languages and that German is an important European and global language (VCDEU135) Recognise that German and English are related languages and that German is an important European and global language (VCDEU016)
Role of language and culture
Notice that the languages people use relate to who they are and where and how they live (VCDEU119) Make connections between culture and language use, for example, by identifying vocabulary and expressions that reflect cultural values, traditions or practices (VCDEU136) Understand that language use is shaped by and reflects the values, ideas and norms of a community (VCDEU017)