Year 1 SyllabusTest
Year 1 Syllabus
Year Level Description
Year 1 Hindi: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Hindi language developed in Pre-primary and focuses on extending students’ oral communication skills. Typically, the students’ only exposure to and experience of the Hindi language and Indian culture is from their school learning environment.
In Year 1, students communicate in Hindi, interacting with their teacher and peers to share information about themselves, their age and where they live, and to talk about their favourite things. They participate in guided collaborative tasks using simple modelled language in songs, rhymes and games to support understanding and to convey meaning, or to respond to teacher talk and instruction in Hindi. Students locate key words and information in simple spoken and written texts about their personal worlds and convey factual information using pictures, familiar words and simple statements. They participate in listening to and viewing short imaginative texts and in the shared performance of imaginative texts.
Students become familiar with the systems of the Hindi language, recognising and experimenting with reproducing the common vowel sounds and rhythms of spoken Hindi, and notice that Hindi is written horizontally from left to right using the Devanagari script. They notice and use context-related vocabulary and recognise some first elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for purposeful interaction.
In Year 1, students recognise that Australia is a multilingual society with speakers of many different languages, including Hindi, and that Hindi and English borrow words and expressions from each other. They recognise that in Hindi, as in English and other languages, there are different ways of greeting and interacting with people.
Students learn Hindi in the early years through rich language input. Regular opportunities to revisit, recycle and review, and continuous feedback, response and encouragement, assist students in the language learning process.
Communicating
Socialising
Interact with teacher and peers orally and in writing to share information about themselves, their age and where they live, and to talk about their favourite things; for example, मेरा नाम आनंद है।; मैं आठ साल का हूँ।; तुम कहाँ रहते हो?; मैं पर्थ में रहता हूँ।; मुझे केला और अंगूर बहुत पसंद है।; मुझे तैरना अच्छा नहीं लगता।; अनमोल क्या आपके पास मोबाईल फ़ोन है?; हाँ है।
Participate in guided collaborative tasks, using simple modelled language in songs, rhymes, games, gestures and pictures to support understanding and to convey meaning; for example, अक्कड़ बक्कड़ बम्बे बो; सिर कंधे घुटने पैर घुटने पैर; मेरी बारी; अब तुम्हारी बारी; फेंको; दौड़ो; भागो
Respond to teacher talk and instruction; for example, यह लीजिए; मेरे पास पेंसिल है; जी हाँ मुझे देर हो गई।; धन्यवाद
Informing
Locate key words and information in simple spoken and written texts, such as charts, lists, labels and captions, rhymes and songs related to their personal worlds
Convey factual information about their personal worlds using pictures, labels, captions, familiar words and simple statements
Creating
Participate in listening to and viewing short imaginative texts and responding through action, dance, singing, drawing and collaborative retelling; for example, हम होंगे कामयाब; राष्ट्रीय गान; कछुआ और खरगोश
Participate in the shared performance of songs, rhymes and stories and the presentation of action stories using verbal and non-verbal forms of expression and modelled language; for example, चुन्नू मुन्नू थे दो भाई; एक मोटा हाथी झूम के चला
Translating
Share with others simple Hindi expressions, sounds and gestures, name familiar objects and use Hindi and/or English to conduct simple conversations
Reflecting
Notice ways of speaking in Hindi that appear different from their own ways and become aware of how voice, behaviour and body language may change when speaking Hindi
Understanding
Systems of language
Understand how vowels are pronounced without obstructing the flow of air from the mouth, while consonants are pronounced by obstructing different parts of the mouth
Recognise and reproduce the sound of the 13 vowels and the 36 consonants of Hindi
Build phonic awareness, focusing on difficult sounds, for example ख,घ,त,थ,द,ध भ,ढ,ण,ञ, and learn to pronounce them accurately, and to understand that v and w are both pronounced as व
Recognise that Hindi is written horizontally from left to right using the Devanagari script, letters are joined by a line on top to form a word, and like in English, there are spaces between words
Recognise that Hindi is written horizontally from left to right using the Devanagari script, letters are joined by a line on top to form a word, and like in English, there are spaces between words
Begin to write the letters of Hindi and join two letters with the line on top to form simple words; for example, चल; घर; टब
Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts by noticing and using context-related vocabulary and some first elements of the Hindi grammatical system, including:
- identifying people using singular and plural subject pronouns; for example, तुम्हारा; आपका; हमारा; उनका
- extending the understanding of gender to objects; for example, बड़ा सेब; बड़ी गाजर; पतली सूई; मोटा धागा
- recognising and using simple adjectives to describe things; for example, ठंडा पानी; सुंदर फूल; ऊंचा पेड़; छोटी चिड़िया
- beginning to use simple sentence structure; for example, यह मेरा बस्ता है
- expressing negation by using words such as ना; नहीं; मत
- showing understanding of location and position; for example, यहां आओ; वहाँ रखो; इधर देखो; दायें; बाएं
- beginning to locate events in time by using the months of the year and the seasons; for example, जनवरी, फ़रवरी, सर्दी गर्मी
- developing number knowledge for 11 to 20
Understand that language is organised as ‘text’ and that different types of texts have different features
Language variation and change
Recognise that Hindi speakers use language differently in different situations, such as when socialising with peers and friends or at home with family
Role of language and culture
Recognise that Australia is a multilingual society with speakers of many different languages, including Hindi, and that Hindi and English borrow words and expressions from each other
Achievement standard
At standard, students use simple modelled language, gestures and other forms of expression, with occasional guidance, when participating in spoken and written interactions in Hindi, to share information about themselves, their age and where they live, and to talk about their likes and dislikes. They locate some key words and information in simple texts and convey some factual information about their personal worlds using verbal and non-verbal forms of expression. Students respond to short imaginative texts and participate in the shared performance of these texts using familiar verbal and non-verbal forms of expression and well-rehearsed modelled language. When translating, students use Hindi and/or English to share with others simple Hindi expressions, sounds and gestures and to name some familiar objects. They talk about how voice, behaviour and body language may change when speaking Hindi.
Students become familiar with the Hindi sound and writing systems, recognising simple vocabulary to identify and describe familiar animals, objects and environments, and using some first elements of grammar, with a satisfactory level of accuracy. They make some comments about how language is organised as ‘text’ and that different types of texts have different features. Students recognise that there are different ways of interacting with people in Hindi, and usually act accordingly. They recognise that Hindi is one of the many languages spoken in Australia and identify some words and expressions that Hindi and English borrow from each other.
Year Level Description
Year 1 Hindi: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Hindi language developed in Pre-primary and focuses on extending students’ oral communication skills. Typically, the students’ only exposure to and experience of the Hindi language and Indian culture is from their school learning environment.
In Year 1, students communicate in Hindi, interacting with their teacher and peers to share information about themselves, their age and where they live, and to talk about their favourite things. They participate in guided collaborative tasks using simple modelled language in songs, rhymes and games to support understanding and to convey meaning, or to respond to teacher talk and instruction in Hindi. Students locate key words and information in simple spoken and written texts about their personal worlds and convey factual information using pictures, familiar words and simple statements. They participate in listening to and viewing short imaginative texts and in the shared performance of imaginative texts.
Students become familiar with the systems of the Hindi language, recognising and experimenting with reproducing the common vowel sounds and rhythms of spoken Hindi, and notice that Hindi is written horizontally from left to right using the Devanagari script. They notice and use context-related vocabulary and recognise some first elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for purposeful interaction.
In Year 1, students recognise that Australia is a multilingual society with speakers of many different languages, including Hindi, and that Hindi and English borrow words and expressions from each other. They recognise that in Hindi, as in English and other languages, there are different ways of greeting and interacting with people.
Students learn Hindi in the early years through rich language input. Regular opportunities to revisit, recycle and review, and continuous feedback, response and encouragement, assist students in the language learning process.