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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

Describe and reflect on how languages change over time and influence one another

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

(ACLFWU190)

Elaborations

exploring form, usage, history and impact of contact languages, including creoles, pidgins and Aboriginal Englishes
investigating and describing how the language has changed over time
observing changes to language that reflect changing lifestyles, cultural trends and emerging needs, for example, youth language, the language of new technologies, the impact of music, media and technology on communication
reflecting on changes in their own use of their first language(s) over time, noticing how and when new ways are adopted or existing ways adapted
exploring changes in language over time, for example, by reviewing old films from state archives or early television shows that include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander actors

General capabilities

Literacy
Critical and creative thinking
Intercultural understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

ScOT terms

Australian languages

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