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K–10Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2024
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Stage 1

Interacting

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).

Exchanging meaning in oral interactions in the target language
  • Exchange greetings, farewells and simple information to describe people or objects

  • Answer common questions about themselves and their personal world in a guided conversation

  • Express simple emotions and preferences

  • Interact in classroom routines using familiar language

  • Interact by selecting modelled language in games or scenarios using imagination

Reproducing oral language to interact in the target language
  • Recognise and reproduce modelled sounds, including pronunciation and intonation patterns to interact

  • Reproduce familiar vocabulary and short formulaic phrases to interact

Applying knowledge of the target language culture(s) to interact
  • Use familiar verbal and nonverbal communication that is appropriate to cultural practices

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