Elaboration (5) ACLFWU141
learning that writing systems represent sounds and meanings, and becoming familiar with how the alphabet associates individual sounds/ a range of sounds with particular letters/ combinations of letters
Elaboration (5) | ACLFWU141 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACLFWU141
noticing the shared alphabetic base of the language, English and other languages, with some differences
Elaboration (6) | ACLFWU141 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACLFWU141
learning the conventions associated with the written form of the language, such as spaces between words, direction of writing and page layout, and comparing these with written forms of English and other known languages
Elaboration (7) | ACLFWU141 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (8) ACLFWU141
associating written forms of morphemes, words and phrases with spoken forms of the language
Elaboration (8) | ACLFWU141 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLFWU142
understanding that words in the language have different functions, for example, words for things, words for actions, and that these functions are also found in other languages, such as English
Elaboration | ACLFWU142 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLFWU142
identifying people, places, things and events using: nouns, for example, family, kinship, plants/ animals, items in immediate natural and built environments pronouns, for example, personal, interrogative, kinship, demonstrative verbs for simple actions, …
Elaboration (1) | ACLFWU142 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLFWU142
becoming aware of how word order may differ from English, for example, noun + qualifier vs qualifier + noun, ‘child happy’ vs ‘happy child’
Elaboration (2) | ACLFWU142 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLFWU142
recognising the use of common affixes on nouns, for example, the man’s dog’’, to the river’’, in the sea’’
Elaboration (3) | ACLFWU142 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLFWU142
learning the use of common affixes on verbs, for example, to indicate tense or mood
Elaboration (4) | ACLFWU142 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLFWU142
understanding and using metalanguage to describe word types, for example, noun, pronoun, verb
Elaboration (5) | ACLFWU142 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACLFWU142
understanding that some parts of the language may have fallen into disuse and not be known today
Elaboration (6) | ACLFWU142 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACLFWU142
noticing that new words can be formed from within the language itself, rather than borrowed from other languages
Elaboration (7) | ACLFWU142 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (8) ACLFWU142
noticing that compared to English some words may be left out (ellipsis), or must be included or repeated in phrases and sentences, for example, “(it) went”, “big (dog) ate (it)”
Elaboration (8) | ACLFWU142 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLFWU143
understanding that there are different ways of telling a story, such as Elders yarning, through song, dance, music and associated visual design and spectacle, and through painting (body, bark, rock, sand)
Elaboration | ACLFWU143 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLFWU143
understanding that texts have a purpose, for example, greetings, Welcome to Country/Acknowledgement of Country/Place, traditional stories, paintings, songs and dances that convey community-wide messages
Elaboration (1) | ACLFWU143 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLFWU143
identifying some features of stories, for example, the fact that they are often about journeys across Country/Place, involving landforms, animals and plants
Elaboration (2) | ACLFWU143 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLFWU143
noticing how texts such as storybooks are sequenced and organised, for example, by identifying the main title and the connections between pictures and text
Elaboration (3) | ACLFWU143 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLFWU143
recognising that communication can also occur through sign language
Elaboration (4) | ACLFWU143 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLFWU144
using kinship charts to identify kinship terms for immediate family, comparing with terms used in own family
Elaboration | ACLFWU144 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLFWU144
recognising that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have their own personal relationships with animal species and natural phenomena
Elaboration (1) | ACLFWU144 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum