Hindi: Second Language

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

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

Pre-primary to Year 10

Hindi: 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 9442 9434 | Harpreet.Kaur@scsa.wa.edu.au