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K–10Aboriginal Languages K–10 Syllabus

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Content

Stage 2

The role of language, culture and identity

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.
Exchanging meaning
Additional
  • Recognise that the target language changes according to the context of use and reflects relationships

  • Make connections between cultural practices and language use, such as culture-specific terms and expressions in the target language and/or English

Prior
  • Reflect on their experiences when interacting in the target language and in English-speaking contexts, comparing language use and behaviours

First
  • Reflect on their experiences when interacting in the target language and in English-speaking contexts, comparing language use and behaviours

Communication and identity
Additional
  • Recognise that ways of communicating and behaving reflect aspects of personal identity

Prior
  • Recognise that ways of using language are shaped by values and beliefs of a community

First
  • Recognise that ways of using the target language are shaped by values and beliefs

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