Recognise and reproduce the sounds and rhythms of spoken German, developing familiarity with the German alphabet and sound-letter correspondence, for example, through singing das Alphabetlied or playing games such as Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst
(ACLGEU114)

Notice and use context-related vocabulary and some first elements of grammar to generate language for a range of purposes, including:

• noticing that German has multiple words for ‘the’ and ‘a/an’
• using the possessive adjectives mein/e and dein/e or a form of haben and an indefinite article to express a relationship to an object, for example, Das ist mein Bleistift
• gaining awareness of terms referring to quantities of people and things, including cardinal numbers 0–20 and mehr and weniger
• understanding and using some question words and the intended/related answer in limited contexts, including was (an object), wer (a person), wie (manner) and wie viele (quantity)
• using simple modelled questions and statements
• negating verbs and adjectives using nicht
  (ACLGEU115)

Understand that language is organised as ‘text’ and that different types of texts have different features
(ACLGEU116)

Recognise that German speakers use language differently in different situations such as when socialising with peers and friends, at home with the family, for example, Ein Kuss, Papa! Ich liebe dich, mein Schatz!
(ACLGEU117)

Recognise that Australia is a multilingual society with speakers of many different languages, including German and that German and English borrow words and expressions from each other
(ACLGEU118)