Systems of language
Increase awareness and use of Noongar features in both oral and written texts, including:
- using oral interactions in unfamiliar contexts to build fluency and accurate pronunciation of more complex syllable combinations
- extending the use of stress, intonation and rhythm
- extending written skills by applying knowledge to unfamiliar texts
Generate language for a range of purposes in spoken and written texts by increasing command and use of context-related vocabulary and elements of the Noongar grammatical system, including:
- noticing and using nouns in such contexts as
- seasonal changes
- traditional and contemporary lifestyles
- Dreaming stories from specific Country/Place
- using specific vocabulary to extend topics, such as types of birds, kangaroos, goannas, snakes, insects
- extending the use of common singular, plural, demonstrative and possessive pronouns
- identifying and using singular and plural subject and object pronouns
- developing an understanding of the use of the question or interrogative pronoun ‘how’, yaanmen; for example, Yaanmen baal warnaka nidja koomba kaal?
- identifying and understanding the ergative noun suffix, -il, -l; for example, Dwert-il baal djooraly-ak waabiny. Yoka-l baalap bilya-k-ngat barniny.
- extending the use of adjectives
- building on the use of adverbs of time and place
- extending the use of verbs in the imperative and the present, past and future tense
- building on the use of modal verbs, such as would, should; for example, Baal doora koorl menditj-maaman-ak.
- building on the use of compound verbs using the affix/suffix -abiny
- building a bank of unfamilar Noongar words using the affixes/suffixes -midi and -mokiny
- noticing the use of the nominal suffix/affix for family/group of, such as djerap-mart, minga-mart (bird family, insect family); for example, Koolbardi-l, waardong-il baalap djerap-mart ali boorn-ak nyininy.
- identifying and understanding intransitive verbs, such as koorliny and naariny, which only require a subject in a sentence, and transitive verbs, such as borniny and dookerniny, which require a subject and an object; for example, Djook-il baal daatj dookerniny.
- building on the use of the conjunctions wer and ka
Recognise that the same rules of punctuation apply as in English, such as using capital letters and full stops for sentences
Continue to extend a metalanguage in Noongar to talk about language using terms similar to those used in English, such as noun, pronoun, suffix/affix, verb, tense, adjective
Discuss the relationship between different text types in terms of Noongar language features, audience, context and purpose, such as ways that songs, dance and paintings function to capture language and meaning
Explore and explain how art forms, songs and dances identify Noongar people and places