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
Life Skills
- MLLS-INT-01
communicates with others in familiar contexts using gestures, actions, and/or culturally appropriate language
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
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).
Respond to interactions using modelled language or expressions
Use modelled language to communicate information about themselves
Accept, reject or make requests in familiar interactions
Communicate preferences in regular classroom routines
Use modelled language to ask questions in social or learning interactions
Express emotions
Use strategies to support communication between participants, such as turn-taking, active listening behaviours and asking for clarification
Recognise modelled sounds, including intonation and pronunciation in spoken interactions
Explore features of the sound system, such as pitch, tone, accent, rhythm or intonation
Select and use familiar vocabulary to interact
Recognise facial expressions, gestures or vocabulary that reflect cultural practices
Identify how language use reflects different relationships
Use modelled language and gestures appropriate to cultural practices to interact