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Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages / Year 7 to 10 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Version 8
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]
(ACLFWU125)
Elaborations
- exploring forms, usage, history and impact of contact languages, including creoles, pidgins and Aboriginal Englishes
- observing changes to language that reflect changing lifestyles, cultural trends and emerging needs, for example, youth language, words and expressions associated with new technologies, the impact of music, popular culture and media
- 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
General capabilities
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms
Australian languages