K–10Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus (2022)

The Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus contains both a mandatory course and elective courses.

Mandatory course 7–10

Students must complete a mandatory Languages course from either Loading , Loading , Loading  or Loading . The mandatory course can also be completed through Life Skills outcomes and content for eligible students.

Elective courses 7–10

The Modern Languages Syllabus includes 4 elective courses:

• Modern Languages 200-hour elective
• Modern Languages 100-hour elective
• Modern Languages Life Skills 200-hour elective
• Modern Languages Life Skills 100-hour elective.

The Modern Languages syllabus has an emphasis on communication and developing students’ intercultural understanding. The syllabus provides students with knowledge and skills to communicate in the target language by learning how to interact, and understand and create texts.

Students learn how to interact by exchanging and negotiating meaning in the target language, applying knowledge of the language system and also the culture(s) of the target language. They develop knowledge and skills to interpret and respond to a range of texts and develop intercultural understanding through target language texts.

Students develop knowledge and skills to create a range of texts appropriate to context, purpose and audience by using culturally appropriate language.

Safety and risk management

Schools are required to ensure they follow safety and risk management in delivering the Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus.

For Modern Languages Life Skills:

• Students are required to demonstrate achievement of one or more Modern Languages 7–10 Life Skills outcomes.
• Outcomes and content should be selected to meet the particular needs of individual students.
• The focus areas provide possible ways for addressing the Modern Languages 7–10 Life Skills outcomes and content and are suggestions only. Teachers have the flexibility to select, group and sequence outcomes and content to meet the needs, strengths, goals, interests and prior learning of their students.

Modern Languages – Elective courses

Course name	200-hour	100-hour	200-hour Life Skills	100-hour Life Skills
Arabic	800	801	806	805
Armenian	694	695	696	697
Assyrian	730	731	732	733
Bosnian	698	699	700	701
Chinese	810	811	815	816
Croatian	702	703	704	705
Filipino	722	723	724	725
French	870	871	875	876
General*	862	863	864	865
German	880	881	886	885
Modern Hebrew	890	891	894	895
Hindi	63141	63140	898	899
Indonesian	910	911	916	915
Italian	920	921	926	925
Japanese	930	931	935	936
Korean	940	941	946	945
Khmer	706	707	708	709
Macedonian	981	982	983	984
Modern Greek	990	991	996	995
Persian	63251	63250	998	999
Polish	710	711	712	713
Portuguese	714	715	716	717
Punjabi	63299	63298	1005	1006
Russian	1010	1011	1014	1015
Serbian	718	719	720	721
Spanish	1040	1041	1045	1046
Tamil	63303	63302	1047	1048
Thai	726	727	728	729
Turkish	1050	1051	1056	1055
Vietnamese	1071	1072	1077	1076

* The general languages course name should be used when a language other than what is listed above is delivered.

Exclusions:

• 200-hour courses exclude 200-hour Life Skills courses
• 100-hour courses exclude 100-hour Life Skills courses

Students may not access Life Skills outcomes and other outcomes from the same subject.