German: Second Language

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

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