K–10Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus
The new Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus (2022) is to be implemented from 2024.
2024 – Start teaching new syllabus for:
- Schools with a K–6 language program
- Mandatory 100 hours of a Language in Years 7–10
Students who commenced a 100-hour or 200-hour elective course in 2023 may continue to study that course 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
Early Stage 1
- MLE-UND-01
responds to information in simple texts in a variety of ways to demonstrate understanding
Follow simple instructions
Listen to, read and/or view simple texts such as stories or songs by participating in shared activities
Use auditory cues, gestures, visuals and other forms of nonverbal communication to understand texts
Associate vocabulary on familiar themes with known actions, people, places and objects
Respond to simple texts using actions, drawing and singing in the target language and/or English
Reproduce vocabulary seen or heard in texts to demonstrate understanding
Recognise the meaning of modelled vocabulary on familiar themes to understand and respond to texts
Recognise and reproduce sounds to understand and respond to texts
Connect symbols in the target language with familiar sounds to understand and respond to texts
Notice and reproduce symbols of the writing system to understand and respond to texts
Understand that there are many languages and cultural practices that are used by peers, family and community