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 3
- AL3-LAB-01
identifies challenges to maintaining, reviving and strengthening Aboriginal Languages
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.
Identify challenges and opportunities for maintaining, reviving and strengthening Aboriginal Languages
Identify challenges and opportunities for maintaining, reviving and strengthening Aboriginal Languages
Identify challenges, opportunities and protocols associated with maintaining, reviving and strengthening Aboriginal Languages
Investigate programs, initiatives and techniques that contribute to the strengthening of Aboriginal Languages
Explore the situation of Aboriginal Languages and the diversity of contexts nationally
Explore the situation of Aboriginal Languages and the diversity of contexts nationally
Investigate and compare the ecology of the target language to other Aboriginal Languages, Torres Strait Islander Languages and international Indigenous languages