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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
Recognise there are many ways of communicating messages in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages
[Key concepts: communication, narrative; Key processes: recognising, identifying]
(ACLFWU143)
Elaborations
- understanding that there are different ways of telling a story, such as Elders yarning, through song, dance, music and associated visual design and spectacle, and through painting (body, bark, rock, sand)
- understanding that texts have a purpose, for example, greetings, Welcome to Country/Acknowledgement of Country/Place, traditional stories, paintings, songs and dances that convey community-wide messages
- identifying some features of stories, for example, the fact that they are often about journeys across Country/Place, involving landforms, animals and plants
- noticing how texts such as storybooks are sequenced and organised, for example, by identifying the main title and the connections between pictures and text
- recognising that communication can also occur through sign language
General capabilities
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms
Australian languages