Western Australian Aboriginal Languages (Language Revival) Scope and Sequence Template

background language second language learning trajectory enunciation fluency communicative competence digital media stereotype intercultural capability productive language use de-centre orthography adverbial text types (genres)skimming directionality language creating suffix textual features/textual conventions language features translation register phonological awareness scaffolding modal verb identity persuasive texts media texts prefix receptive language language variation and change metalanguage intensifiers task complex sentence language specificity read preposition create dialect role of language and culture accent character components tone comprehension strategies macro skills accuracy convention concrete language alliteration communicating biography diphthongs narrative bilingualism cohesion oracy filler accent marks intercultural language teaching and learning text processing strategies performance diaspora text purposeful learning medium root of a word prediction composing encode language functions word borrowing phonics formulaic language reflecting digraph complexity syntax romanisation phoneme lexical cohesion mnemonic face multimodal text synchronous stress speak translating talk reciprocating language comprehension digital texts culture text structure genre cognates authentic (texts/materials)pronoun content informing code-switching morphology pragmatics auxiliary verb infinitive communication scanning language patterns understanding pedagogy framing form-focused learning activities cues semantic knowledge informative texts literacy resources adverb first language interpret context mediate socialising comprehension/comprehending morpheme adjective compound sentence language systems/systems of language script audience input pronunciation honorific clause grapho-phonic knowledge mode question noun homophone idiomatic expressions decode narrative devices characters imaginative texts verb paralanguage intonation author conjunction collocation

The Western Australian Aboriginal Languages (Language Revival) subject enables all students to communicate proficiently by providing students with essential communication skills in an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language, an intercultural capability, and an understanding of the role of language and culture in communication.

The learner pathway of this template is Language Revival and caters for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander languages that are being revived by their owners or custodians and are in various stages of revitalisation, renewal and reclamation.

The template provides a language sequence for each year level from Pre-primary to Year 10 for the language revival learner pathway in the Communicating and Understanding strands.

Western Australian Languages (Language Revival) Template for Syllabus Development P-10 Scope and Sequence 2023

Western Australian Aboriginal Languages (Language Revival) Scope and Sequence Template learning area contacts:

Pre-primary to Year 6 : +61 8 9273 6784 | Adriana.Douglas@scsa.wa.edu.au
Year 7 to Year 10 : +61 8 9273 6355 | Nadia.Civa@scsa.wa.edu.au

Western Australian Aboriginal Languages (Language Revival) Scope and Sequence Template

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