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K–10Aboriginal Languages K–10 Syllabus

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Content

Stage 3

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 different relationships

Prior
  • Reflect on their experiences in the target language and in English-speaking contexts, discussing the adjustments they make when moving between languages

First
  • Understand that language, culture and identity are fluid and reflect communities and relationships

Communication and identity
Additional
  • Recognise that language use is shaped by the values and beliefs of a community

Prior
  • Explore connections between identity, cultural values and beliefs, and the expression of these connections in the target language

First
  • Explore connections between cultural practices and language use

  • Understand that ways of communicating and behaving reflect aspects of personal and cultural identity

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