K–10Aboriginal Languages K–10 Syllabus
The new Aboriginal Languages K–10 (2022) syllabus is to be implemented from 2024.
2024 – Start teaching new syllabus for:
- Schools with a K–6 program
- Mandatory 100 hours of a Language in Years 7–10
Students who commenced the 100-hour or 200-hour elective course in 2023 may continue to study the Aboriginal Languages K–10 Syllabus (2003) in 2024.
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Life Skills
- ALLS-LAB-01
recognises protocols to maintain and build Aboriginal Languages
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
Content is provided for:
- Additional: Language Revival – students learning the target language as an additional language
- Prior: Language Revival – students with significant prior learning and/or experience in the target language
- First: students continuing to learn their First Language as the target language.
Syllabus concepts are often interrelated or their development may be interdependent.
Content related to Language awareness and building can be addressed in parallel with Systems of Language.
Explore language use and protocols for maintaining and building Aboriginal Languages
Investigate ways to maintain and build Aboriginal Languages
Identify available resources and protocols to be followed in maintaining, reviving and strengthening Aboriginal Languages
Explore contemporary language use in Aboriginal Languages
Investigate contemporary use of Aboriginal Languages
Investigate and compare changes in Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages