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

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

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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