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Stage 3 (Year 5 & Year 6)

At Balar Malar, we teachTamil K–10 Syllabus developed by NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).

 

The study of Tamil in K–10 enables students to communicate with others in Tamil, and to reflect on and understand the nature and role of language and culture in their own lives and the lives of others.

 

NESA syllabuses include agreed Australian Curriculum content and content that clarifies the scope, breadth and depth of learning. The Australian Curriculum achievement standards underpin the syllabus outcomes and the Stage statements for Early Stage 1 to Stage 5.

 

Please refer to the following web page https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/k-10/learning-areas/languages/tamil-k-10-2019 to access full syllabus

 

The following are the Syllabus objectives and outcomes for Stage 3 (Year 5 & Year 6) students

Objective

Outcomes

A student:

Interacting

exchanging information, ideas and opinions, and socialising, planning and negotiating*

 

❖     LTA3-1C : uses Tamil to interact with others to exchange information and opinions, and to participate in classroom activities

Accessing and responding

obtaining, processing and responding to information through a range of spoken, written, digital and/or multimodal texts*

❖     LTA3-2C : obtains and processes information in texts, using contextual and other clues

❖     LTA3-3C : responds to texts using different formats

Composing

creating spoken, written, bilingual, digital and/or multimodal texts*

 

❖     LTA3-4C : composes texts in Tamil using a series of sentences

Systems of language

understanding the language system, including sound, writing, grammar, text structure; and how language changes over time and place*

 

❖     LTA3-5U : applies key features of Tamil pronunciation and intonation

❖     LTA3-6U : applies basic Tamil writing conventions

❖     LTA3-7U : demonstrates understanding of Tamil grammatical structures

❖     LTA3-8U : recognises how texts and language use vary according to context and purpose         

The role of language and culture

understanding and reflecting on the role of language and culture in the exchange of meaning, and considering how interaction shapes communication and identity*

 

❖     LTA3-9U : makes connections between cultural practices and language use

* Speaking, listening, reading and writing skills are integral for students who are developing their acquisition of Tamil. For some students with disability, teachers will need to consider relevant and appropriate adjustments to speaking, listening, reading, writing and communication experiences within the context of the Tamil K–10 Syllabus.

 

Stage Statement ( Stage 3)

By the end of Stage 3, students interact with others in Tamil to exchange information and opinions. They engage in classroom activities and collaborate with peers to plan a group activity or shared event. They obtain and organise information from written, spoken and digital texts, using contextual and other clues to elicit meaning, and respond to texts in Tamil or English, using a range of formats. They compose informative and imaginative texts, linking ideas in a series of sentences, and using familiar modelled language and scaffolds. They create bilingual texts, such as signs, notices, games, displays, websites or word banks, for the school community.

 

Students use key features of pronunciation and intonation, recognising the relationship between sounds, words and meaning, and apply basic writing conventions. They recognise the systematic nature of Tamil grammar rules, and use basic grammatical structures to present information. They identify how texts vary according to purpose and context, and recognise variations in language use according to context and relationships between participants. They explore the influence of Tamil language and culture on other languages. Students describe aspects of their own identity, making comparisons between their own cultural practices and language use and those of Tamil-speaking communities, and considering how this affects intercultural communication.

 

Students with prior learning and/or experience

Students with prior learning and/or experience of Tamil have more developed communicative skills, and knowledge and understanding of language and culture. They initiate interactions in Tamil with others to exchange information, ideas and opinions, and collaborate with peers to make choices and arrangements, organise events and complete transactions. They locate and classify information from a range of written, spoken and digital texts, and respond to texts in Tamil or English, using a range of formats for different audiences. They compose informative and imaginative texts for a variety of purposes and audiences, and create bilingual texts and resources for their own language learning and the school community.

 

Students apply the Tamil sound system, including variations in tone, stress and phrasing and understand conventions of the written alphabet. They apply basic structures and features of Tamil grammar to present information and elaborate on meaning. They reflect on their experiences in Tamil and English-speaking contexts, discussing adjustments made when moving from English to Tamil and vice versa.