Western Australian Aboriginal Languages: Noongar (Language Revival)

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

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

Pre-primary to Year 10

Western Australian Aboriginal Languages: Noongar (Language Revival) learning area contacts:

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