German: Second Language

imaginative texts audience cohesion productive language use form-focused learning activities stress homophone verb informative texts framing scanning morpheme language specificity interpret pronunciation digital media language compound sentence register mediate idiomatic expressions characters translation conjunction biography text types (genres)language functions speak communicative competence purposeful learning directionality orthography narrative text dialect infinitive read intensifiers cognates multimodal text text structure filler adjective stereotype pedagogy suffix mode encode creating medium create complex sentence grapho-phonic knowledge character components first language de-centre digital texts pragmatics question root of a word comprehension/comprehending adverbial talk intonation complexity adverb fluency literacy resources translating reflecting learning trajectory background language cues alliteration semantic knowledge decode metalanguage language patterns context narrative devices skimming morphology prefix reciprocating modal verb genre prediction macro skills understanding paralanguage mnemonic author accuracy honorific tone noun romanisation diaspora culture language features socialising language comprehension word borrowing pronoun auxiliary verb collocation syntax language variation and change language systems/systems of language communication authentic (texts/materials)phonics accent diphthongs scaffolding text processing strategies textual features/textual conventions enunciation digraph bilingualism receptive language persuasive texts intercultural language teaching and learning task preposition oracy role of language and culture communicating lexical cohesion intercultural capability composing accent marks identity second language phonological awareness synchronous code-switching content comprehension strategies script performance phoneme formulaic language face media texts input clause informing concrete language convention

The German: Second Language subject enables all students to communicate proficiently by providing students with essential communication skills in German, an intercultural capability, and an understanding of the role of language and culture in communication.

The design of the Western Australian Curriculum: Languages takes into account different entry points into language learning across Pre-primary to Year 10 to reflect current practice in Languages. For German: Second Language, there are two learning sequences to accommodate these practices: a Pre-primary – Year 10 sequence and a Year 7 – Year 10 sequence.

PRE-PRIMARY TO YEAR 10

YEAR 7 TO YEAR 10

German: Second Language learning area contacts:

Pre-primary to Year 6 : +61 8 9273 6355 | Nadia.Civa@scsa.wa.edu.au
Year 7 to Year 10 : +61 8 9273 6725 | Sonia.Belot@scsa.wa.edu.au