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K–10Aboriginal Languages K–10 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation from 2024
Expand for detailed implementation advice

Content

Stage 5

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
  • Apply linguistic patterns to compose a variety of texts in the target language, for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences

Prior
  • Apply linguistic patterns to compose a variety of texts in the target language, for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences

First
  • Compose texts using a variety of formats for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences, and applying genre, textual features and stylistic devices

Bilingual and/or multilingual texts
Additional
  • Create a range of bilingual texts and resources to support language learning in the school and wider community

Prior
  • Create a range of bilingual texts and resources to support language learning in the school and wider community

First
  • Create a range of bilingual/multilingual texts and resources for language learning

Systems of Language
Additional
  • Apply intonation and phrasing patterns of the target language to convey meaning

  • Understand grammatical structures of the target language, and apply them to express complex ideas

Prior
  • Apply intonation and phrasing patterns in speech to convey meaning

  • Understand a range of grammatical structures of the target language and apply these to express complex ideas

First
  • Apply intonation and sound patterns in speech

  • Develop and use metalanguage to analyse a range of grammatical structures in the target language and other languages

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