Punjabi: Second Language

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

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
Year 7 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