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-UND-01
responds to information, opinions and/or ideas in texts to demonstrate understanding
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.
Listen to, read and/or view texts on familiar topics
Recognise key vocabulary and phrases in texts
Identify key ideas in texts
Demonstrate understanding when engaging in shared listening, reading and/or viewing of texts
Respond in English or the target language to known words or phrases
Share ideas or opinions in the target language or in English in response to texts
Apply strategies to organise and understand information in texts
Use text structures and features to gain meaning from a text
Use elements of the sound system to identify key information in a text
Use sound–symbol correspondences in high-frequency and modelled vocabulary to understand simple phrases
Use familiar vocabulary to recognise people, places and events in a text
Use familiar grammar patterns to respond to texts
Recognise script, characters or symbols in the target language
Recognise cultural practices and ideas in texts
Identify cultural practices and ideas in texts that are similar or different from their own
Explore the relationship between language, culture and identity