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
Stage 1
- ML1-INT-01
exchanges meaning by selecting 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).
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
Recognise and reproduce modelled sounds, including pronunciation and intonation patterns to interact
Reproduce familiar vocabulary and short formulaic phrases to interact
Use familiar verbal and nonverbal communication that is appropriate to cultural practices