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-INT-01
exchanges meaning through play and actions by reproducing culturally appropriate modelled language
Interacting in a language is primarily done through oral language. Where students use other forms of communication to supplement or replace speech, the content should be taught using the student’s preferred communication form(s).
Greet and farewell others
Introduce themselves
Answer common questions about themselves in simple conversations
Interact in classroom routines reproducing modelled language with actions and gestures
Interact in games and imaginative play
Reproduce modelled vocabulary and formulaic phrases on familiar themes to interact
Recognise and reproduce modelled sounds to interact
Reproduce verbal and nonverbal communication that is appropriate to cultural practices