AC9L2F4U04 Year 3 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 Languages provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

recognise that Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages are passed down by Custodians from generation to generation

Elaborations

• 1 understanding that some Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages are being reclaimed and revived due to aspects such as not being allowed to use the language over a long period of time, and displacement due to colonisation
• 2 noticing ways communities are revitalising, strengthening or continuing language, for example, learning about ceremonies and traditions from Elders and/or community members if appropriate
• 3 researching ways that language and culture are being reclaimed and revitalised in their community if appropriate
• 4 developing an understanding of the protocols surrounding the retelling and sharing of stories
• 5 understanding the importance of story and informal yarning in passing on and sustaining language, culture and traditional knowledge
• 6 understanding that for many Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages conventions of written text are in the process of being documented, for example, grammar guides and websites are being developed, recorded and shared

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