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 4
- ML4-INT-01
exchanges information and opinions in a range of familiar contexts by using culturally appropriate 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).
Socialise with peers
Understand and reciprocate information about their own and others’ personal worlds
Express and explain emotions, opinions and personal preferences
Ask questions and describe actions
Use a range of communication strategies to facilitate interactions in familiar contexts
Use features of the sound system in spoken interactions
Use relevant and familiar vocabulary from a range of themes to interact
Use structures and features of the grammatical system to interact
Use language that is appropriate to cultural practices and values to interact