AC9LH4U03

Elaborations

• AC9LH4U03_E1noticing that Hindi uses more vowels and consonants than English, allowing words to be spelled phonetically
• AC9LH4U03_E2discussing the subject+object+verb sentence arrangement in Hindi compared with English subject+verb+object
• AC9LH4U03_E3recognising features of familiar genres of Hindi texts such as digital books or puppet shows, video clips or children’s songs and comparing these with similar texts in English
• AC9LH4U03_E4recognising differences in spoken and written forms of everyday texts, such as greetings or wishes, for example, आपको बहुत-बहुत बधाई हो (spoken) and हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ (written), comparing with similar differences between spoken and written texts in English
• AC9LH4U03_E5understanding the influence of different languages on Hindi, over different times, for example, the use of English and Perso-Arabic words, such as ‘पोस्ट-बॉक्स ’, ‘रेल्वे स्टेशन’,‘बस ’, ‘स्कूल’, ‘शुक्रिया’, ‘खूबसूरत’, and expressions, for example, तुम इतना लेट कैसे हो गए? क्या यह आपका फ़ाइनल उत्तर है?
• AC9LH4U03_E6identifying examples of Hindi words or expressions that are commonly used in English, such as ‘verandah’ from बरामदा, ‘karma’ from कर्म, and ‘asana’ from आसन
• AC9LH4U03_E7recognising that punctuation in English is the same as in Hindi, apart from the use of capital letters and a different symbol for a full stop पूर्ण विराम ( I )
• AC9LH4U03_E8learning about Hindi and English metalanguage to describe and talk about language, for example, क्रिया – verb, संज्ञा – noun, विशेषण – adjective, or highlighting parts of speech in a sentence with different colours