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-RLC-01
recognises relationships between languages and cultures
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.
Recognise that people use language in ways that reflect their cultures
Reflect on the role of the target language and culture in their own lives
Reflect on the role of the target language and culture in their own lives
Recognise how using a language involves specific ways of communicating and behaving
Recognise how using various languages involves variation in communicating and behaving
Recognise how using a language involves specific ways of communicating and behaving