Recognise and experiment with reproducing the sounds and rhythms of spoken German such as ch (ich or acht), u (du), r (rot) and z (zehn), by singing, reciting and repeating words and phrases in context

Notice that all nouns are capitalised in German
(ACLGEU114)

Notice and use context-related vocabulary to generate language

Recognise some first elements of grammar, including:

• noticing that German has multiple words for ‘the’
• identifying people, animals and things using an article and a concrete noun, for example, der Lehrer, eine Freundin, or a pronoun, for example, ich, du, er, sie, es, wir
• understanding and describing actions using verbs such as gehen, kommen, machen, malen, lesen, schreiben, sehen, singen, spielen and wohnen
• understanding and using some question words and the intended/related answer in limited contexts, including was (an object) and
  wer (a person)
• gaining awareness of terms referring to quantities of people and things, including cardinal numbers 0–10
• using simple adjectives to describe things such as braun, rot, blau, groβ, klein, schnell, langsam
• gaining awareness of vocabulary referring to time of the day such as Morgen, Nachmittag, Mittag, days, months and seasons
  (ACLGEU115)

Recognise that language is organised as ‘text’ that can be spoken, written, digital, visual or multimodal
(ACLGEU116)

Recognise that in German, as in English and other languages, there are different ways of greeting and interacting with people, for example, first names with peers Tag, Luke! and Guten Morgen, Frau Stein! for the teacher
(ACLGEU117)

Recognise that German is one of many languages spoken in Australia, including Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, Asian languages and world languages
(ACLGEU118)