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 4
- AL4-INT-01
uses the target language to exchange information, ideas and opinions
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.
Engage with peers, teachers, tutors, Aboriginal Elders or Community members to exchange ideas and opinions
Engage with peers, teachers, tutors, Aboriginal Elders or Community members to exchange ideas and opinions on a range of topics
Discuss topics of interest, comparing, explaining, summarising and justifying points of view and responding to a range of perspectives
Engage in collaborative activities that involve planning and making arrangements
Engage in collaborative tasks that involve planning and negotiating
Plan and participate in events and activities that apply personal and community knowledge
Engage in inclusive and respectful discussion that involves commentary, reflection and evaluation