Identify and explain Noongar letters, sounds, syllables and spelling rules

Experiment with the pronunciation of short and long single vowels and syllables, including:

  • long and short vowels; for example, nop, noonook; kaat, babitj
  • aware of rules for beginning, middle and final consonants; for example,
    • b- and -p,as in boorn, keba, maap
    • d, rd, -rt and -t, as in darp, maada, kaarda, moort, kaat
    • dj and tj, as in djena, windji, moorditj

Notice onomatopoeia – words formed from a sound associated with what is named; for example, kaditj-kaditj (noise of car), djidi-djidi, kaa-kaa, waardong (noise of birds), djinkitj (noise of mosquito) bedik-bedik (quiet/softly)

Practise sounding syllables using actions, rhymes; for example:

  • ba babitj (x2)
  • babitj bardanginy (x2)

(ACLFWU163)

Identify and explain Noongar letters, sounds, syllables and spelling rules

Experiment with the pronunciation of short and long single vowels and syllables, including:

  • long and short vowels; for example, nop, noonook; kaat, babitj
  • aware of rules for beginning, middle and final consonants; for example,
    • b- and -p,as in boorn, keba, maap
    • d, rd, -rt and -t, as in darp, maada, kaarda, moort, kaat
    • dj and tj, as in djena, windji, moorditj

Notice onomatopoeia – words formed from a sound associated with what is named; for example, kaditj-kaditj (noise of car), djidi-djidi, kaa-kaa, waardong (noise of birds), djinkitj (noise of mosquito) bedik-bedik (quiet/softly)

Practise sounding syllables using actions, rhymes; for example:

  • ba babitj (x2)
  • babitj bardanginy (x2)

(ACLFWU163)