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AC9L1F6U05 Years 5 to 6 Languages

AC9L1F6U05 | Years 5 to 6 Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages: Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor recognise that identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s) and Country/Place, and that this impacts on communication

First language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity

This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 5 to 6 Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages · First language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration identifying examples of language that carry cultural elements, for example, placenames and greetings
  • • Elaboration using appropriate language and behaviours for different relationships, considering cultural contexts, for example, understanding protocols of respect when interacting with Elders or in-laws
  • • Elaboration learning from Elders and/or community members about roles and responsibilities in caring for Country/Place, such as understanding land-management practices, for example, fire-management practices
  • • Elaboration understanding that there are open and closed versions of stories and ceremonies, and discussing why
  • • Elaboration recognising cultural practices and associated language, for example, using an open fireplace as an oven in traditional cooking, knowing the names of vegetables and fish, and reflecting on how ways of cooking are linked to their own Country/Place and People, and their own identity
  • • Elaboration identifying markers of identity across cultures, including family, community, location, language, age and gender, and considering how these markers may vary in different cultural contexts
  • • Elaboration recognising the role of identity in contributing to individual, group and community wellbeing, such as how cultural pride and connection with culture, Country/Place and Peoples can positively impact mental health and social cohesion
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  • • Elaboration identifying and naming traditional Country/Place of parents and grandparents, for example, discussing the boundaries of their parents’ and grandparents’ clans and using a family tree to introduce themselves in this context in [Language]
  • • Elaboration investigating and explaining appropriate behaviours for different relationships such as friends and/or boyfriends/girlfriends
  • • Elaboration identifying Indigenous Peoples in the Australasian region and creating a wall display of photos depicting aspects of language, culture and material culture

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