English / Year 1 / Language / Language for interaction

Curriculum content descriptions

Understand that language is used in combination with other means of communication, for example facial expressions and gestures to interact with others (ACELA1444)

Elaborations
  • recognising the effect of words, symbols, gestures and body language on the way communications are received by others
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Nonverbal communication

Interactive

Bear and Chook by the Sea

This learning object is designed around a series of videos with Lisa Shanahan, author, and Emma Quay, illustrator, including a reading experience of their collaborative work, Bear and Chook by the Sea. Taken as a whole, this sequence of lessons is a Stage 1 unit of work that results in students working in pairs to produce ...

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Whose Country: exploring First Nations peoples languages map (0-7yrs)

Learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages can help children build their understanding of land, water and people. This activity helps to assist the identification of the language group/s on which the school or home is situated. To understand local perspectives and support these activities, we recommend ...

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Body Language Pt. 1

In this lesson students watch short video clips to observe and discuss the power of body language. Students will use a learning protocol that promotes small group discussion and collaborative thinking before they answer questions individually.

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Australia’s Biggest Child Safety Lesson

This resource focuses on the concept of ‘my body, my choice’, and the strategies children can then use when they need to seek, give or deny consent. Within each activity there are explanations and scripts to support teachers to facilitate exploration of the suggested concepts. Some of the activities are quite generic with ...

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Message sticks: rich ways of weaving Aboriginal cultures into the Australian Curriculum

This is a resource about Aboriginal message sticks. Written by Narinda Sandry and intended for teachers, it describes how message sticks were inscribed with symbols and signs to allow messages to be understood by different Aboriginal groups and language speakers. It outlines the cultural contexts within which message sticks ...