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Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages / Foundation to Year 2 / Understanding / Systems of language
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Understand and use a developing vocabulary including topical and classificatory language, recognising the function of different word types in the language
[Key concepts: word function, word order, patterns, rules; Key processes: identifying, recognising, noticing patterns, observing]
(ACLFWU015)
Elaborations
- understand and use vocabulary relating to familiar and unfamiliar topics, including synonyms and older words that might not currently be used so often
- understanding that words have different functions, for example, words for things, words for actions
- identifying common word classes, for example, noun, verb, using available terminology from the language as appropriate
- recognising that sentences are key units for expressing ideas
- recognising common prefixes and suffixes in the language and how they change a word’s function
- learning new words for everyday contexts and for a growing number of school and community contexts
- recognising that the language may have words in common with nearby languages
- observing some words in the language that are not found in English and vice versa
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Australian languages