Western Australian Aboriginal Languages: Wajarri (Language Revival)

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

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

This scope and sequence has been authored by Lois Spehn-Jackson. It was developed using the Western Australian Aboriginal Languages: Aboriginal Language (Language Revival) Scope and Sequence Template.

Western Australian Aboriginal Languages: Wajarri (Language Revival) - Pre-primary to Year 10 - Scope and Sequence 2023

Western Australian Aboriginal Languages: Wajarri (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