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Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages / Year 7 to 10 / Understanding / Language variation and change

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Curriculum content descriptions

Understand that languages and cultures change continuously due to contact with one another and in response to new needs and ideas, popular culture, media and new technologies

[Key concepts: contact, change; Key processes: exploring, observing, reflecting]

(ACLFWU062)

Elaborations

exploring forms, usage and history of contact languages in their broader region, including creoles, pidgins and Aboriginal Englishes
observing changes to language that reflect changing lifestyles, cultural trends and emerging needs, for example, youth language, new technologies, language associated with music, media and technology
reflecting on changes in their own use of their language over time, noticing how and when new ways are adopted or existing ways adapted

General capabilities

Critical and creative thinking
Intercultural understanding
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability

Cross-curriculum priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

ScOT terms

Australian languages

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