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K–10Aboriginal Languages K–10 Syllabus

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Content

Stage 4

Composing

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.
Spoken, written and/or multimodal texts
Additional
  • Compose informative, persuasive and imaginative texts in spoken, written, visual or multimodal forms for a variety of purposes and audiences

Prior
  • Compose informative, persuasive and imaginative texts in a variety of formats for a range of purposes and audiences

First
  • Compose a range of spoken, written, visual and/or multimodal texts involving real or imagined contexts and characters

Bilingual and/or multilingual texts
Additional
  • Compose bilingual texts and resources for language learning

Prior
  • Create bilingual texts and resources for language learning

First
  • Create short bilingual/multilingual texts for language learning

  • Transcribe, translate and/or interpret texts from the target language into English and vice versa

Systems of Language
Additional
  • Apply features of the target language sound system, including pitch, accent, rhythm and intonation

  • Recognise and apply elements of the target language grammar and sentence patterns

Prior
  • Apply the target language pronunciation and intonation patterns, and punctuation

  • Recognise and use elements of the target language grammar and sentence structure to express ideas

First
  • Apply the target language sound system, representing these patterns with an expanding repertoire of written symbols and conventions

  • Understand and use elements of the target language grammar and sentence structure to express ideas

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