Initiate interactions with the teacher and peers, using simple descriptive and expressive modelled language to exchange information about their home, neighbourhood and local community, for example, Wo wohnst du?; Ich wohne in einem Einfamilienhaus; Ich wohne in einer Wohnung. Wir haben zwei Badezimmer; Was gibt es in deiner Stadt? Es gibt eine Bibliotek, eine Schule und ein Fußballstadion; Ich wohne gern auf dem Land; Es gibt einen Fluβ und einen Fußballplatz in der Nähe; Leider haben wir kein Kino; Gibt es einen Supermarkt, wo du wohnst? Der Metzger heißt Herr Wurst; Die Friseurin heißt Frau Kell; Wie heißen Sie?
(ACLGEC137)

Participate in guided tasks related to organising displays, planning outings and conducting events such as performances, or activities such as building models and completing transactions in places such as a café or a local market
(ACLGEC138)

Gather and compare information and supporting details from a range of written, spoken, digital and multimodal texts related to their personal and social worlds
(ACLGEC140)

Gather and convey information and ideas in different formats from a range of texts related to their personal and social worlds
(ACLGEC141)

Share responses to characters, events and ideas in imaginative texts such as stories, dialogues, cartoons, television programs or films and make connections with own experience and feelings
(ACLGEC142)

Create or reinterpret, present or perform imaginative texts for a range of audiences based on or adapted from events, characters or settings
(ACLGEC143)

Translate simple texts from German to English and vice versa, noticing which words or phrases require interpretation or explanation such as Bist du satt? (not voll) or Es geht mir gut (not Ich bin)

Use visual, print or online dictionaries, word lists and pictures to translate simple familiar texts
(ACLGEC144)

Compare ways of communicating in Australian and German-speaking contexts and identify ways that culture influences language use
(ACLGEC146)