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K–10Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2024
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Stage 1

Creating texts
Creating spoken, written and multimodal texts in the target language
  • Create texts using familiar vocabulary, phrases and visuals to express meaning

  • Create a simple sentence about themselves and their personal world to express ideas and/or give descriptive information

  • Label or describe objects and images

Applying knowledge of language systems to create texts in the target language
  • Use pronunciation patterns to create spoken texts

  • Use familiar sound–symbol correspondences to create written texts

  • Use familiar vocabulary and formulaic phrases to create texts

  • Use simple modelled sentence structures to create texts

  • Reproduce modelled features of the target language writing system to create written texts

Reproducing how target language speakers communicate to create texts
  • Reproduce language appropriate to cultural practices to create texts

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