AC9LRF4U04 Year 3 Languages

AC9LRF4U04 – Year 3 Languages: Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity

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.

Content Descriptor

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

Elaborations

• 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
• noticing ways communities are revitalising, strengthening or continuing language, for example, learning about ceremonies and traditions from Elders and/or community members, or performing with and for Elders who have passed down the knowledge, if appropriate
• recognising that language and culture are being reclaimed and revitalised in their community, for example, by using [Language] within families, in school language programs, and in storytelling and recording stories in written form
• researching ways that language and culture are being reclaimed and revitalised in their community
• developing an understanding of the protocols surrounding the retelling and sharing of stories
• understanding the importance of story and informal yarning in passing on and sustaining language, culture and traditional knowledge
• 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

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 3 ASLANFALLRY34

Year 3 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 4, students use [Language] language to initiate structured interactions to share information related to Country/Place, the classroom and their personal worlds. They use modelled language to participate in spoken and written activities that involve planning. They locate and respond to key items of information in texts, using strategies to help interpret and convey meaning in familiar contexts. They use modelled language and basic syntax to create texts. Students reproduce sound combinations and rhythms of spoken [Language]. They demonstrate understanding that [Language] has non-verbal, spoken and written language conventions and rules to create and make meaning. They recognise that some terms have cultural meanings. They identify patterns in [Language] and make comparisons between [Language] and English. They understand that the [Language] language is passed down from generation to generation by its Custodians and connected with culture and identity. They identify how this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.