ACLHIU053
Elaborations
- creating individual language profiles, explaining which languages or dialects they use in their family, social and community lives
- recognising that language use among bilingual/multilingual speakers varies according to ethnicity, age, profession or social status and to the context of use
- reflecting on the different role of elements such as gestures, body language and the use of space or silence when they are using different languages
- reflecting on the impact on their lives and on their sense of identity of speaking more than one language
- reflecting on how they use language differently in interactions across different contexts, and how these differences help to signal social roles and relationships
- sharing examples of how they sometimes mix and switch between languages when they are speaking to each other