Punjabi: Second Language

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

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

Pre-primary to Year 10

Punjabi: 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