Hindi: Second Language

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

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