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
Stage 1
- AL1-RES-01
recognises and responds to key words and known phrases in texts
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.
Locate specific information in texts, such as charts, songs, stories or lists
Locate and organise key information in texts, such as charts, songs, stories
Locate and organise specific items of information in texts, such as charts, songs, stories or lists
Respond to texts in the target language and/or English, using key words and phrases, gestures, illustrations and other supports
Respond to texts in the target language and/or English, using modelled sentence structures, gestures and illustrations to support meaning
Respond to texts using key words or phrases in the target language, using modelled sentence structures, gestures or illustrations to support meaning