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Arabic / Foundation to Year 2 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Recognise that Australia has speakers of many different languages, including Arabic, and that languages borrow words from one another
[Key concepts: place, word-borrowing; Key processes: noticing, selecting]
(ACLARU118)
Elaborations
- understanding that the world contains many different languages and that many people around the world speak more than one language
- recognising that Arabic has borrowed many words from English, for example, إنترنت؛ كومبيوتر؛ تلفاز , and that English has borrowed words from Arabic, such as ‘admiral’, ‘candy’, ‘coffee’, ‘cotton’, ‘genie’, ‘sugar’ and ‘sultan’
- exploring the range of languages spoken in Australia, including Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages
General capabilities
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms
Loanwords, Arabic language