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 3
- ML3-INT-01
exchanges information and opinions in familiar contexts by using culturally appropriate rehearsed 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).
Understand and share information about themselves and their personal world
Ask and answer questions with familiar structures
Express and describe emotions and personal preferences
Address a new acquaintance and introduce themselves
Ask for clarification or repeat information to facilitate understanding in familiar interactions
Use key features of the sound system including pronunciation, intonation patterns, stress and/or rhythms to interact
Use familiar vocabulary to interact
Use modelled grammatical structures to interact
Use language and nonverbal communication that are appropriate to cultural practices