What students learn in AC9EFLA01
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of How language is used differently at home and school depending.... The goal is not to memorise one answer pattern. Students should be able to explain the idea, recognise it in a new example and apply it in a short practice or worksheet task.
- Start with the main idea: explore how language is used differently at home and school depending on the relationships between people.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- asking relevant questions, and expressing requests and opinions in ways that suit the contexts learning to use language according to the relationship between people; for example, between a parent and a child, a teacher and a student, siblings or friends, shopkeepers and customers
- Finish with mixed questions so students must choose the correct strategy rather than copy the last example.
Curriculum coverage and elaborations
The content description and elaborations below show the curriculum ideas taught in this unit. Items marked as teaching context support lesson planning but may not appear in the initial eight-question activity.
- Content description: explore how language is used differently at home and school depending on the relationships between people
- E1: asking relevant questions, and expressing requests and opinions in ways that suit the contexts
- E2: learning to use language according to the relationship between people; for example, between a parent and a child, a teacher and a student, siblings or friends, shopkeepers and customers
How to use this unit
Read the topic guide, use the teacher slide for instruction, then complete the Worksheet, Practice and Test. These three activities use the same eight-question unit bank.
Teacher resource
AC9EFLA01 teacher slide
Use this one-page PDF to introduce the key idea, vocabulary and teaching sequence before students begin the activities.
Open teacher slide (PDF)Common mistakes to watch for
- Answering from memory without using clues from the text, sentence or image.
- Knowing the idea orally but not transferring it into reading, writing or speaking.
- Missing punctuation, word order or vocabulary clues that change meaning.
International curriculum mapping
This table gives closest-topic mapping for search and planning. The Australian Curriculum code is exact; overseas entries are broad equivalents because each jurisdiction structures outcomes differently.
| Region | Curriculum | Closest mapping |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australian Curriculum v9.0 | AC9EFLA01 — explore how language is used differently at home and school depending on the relationships between people |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Foundation English: closest match in Language for interacting with others. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Early Stage 1 English: closest content focus for How language is used differently at home and school depending... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Kindergarten Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for How language is used differently at home and school depending.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 1 / Year 1: closest programme-of-study match for How language is used differently at home and school depending.... |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Kindergarten closest topic match. Canada varies by province, so use this as a broad Ontario/BC-style learning outcome reference. |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Curriculum | Level 1 English: closest achievement-objective topic for How language is used differently at home and school depending.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Kindergarten / Foundation closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for How language is used differently at home and school depending.... |