Aims English
The Australian Curriculum: English aims to ensure that students: learn to listen to, read, view, speak, write, create and reflect on increasingly complex and sophisticated spoken, written and multimodal texts across a growing range of contexts with accuracy, …
Aims | English | F-10 curriculum
Years 5 and 6 Chinese
The nature of the learners Students use their bilingual and bicultural capabilities and understandings within the world of their own experience and imagination and draw on some topics from other learning areas. They are extending their knowledge of language …
Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Years 7 and 8 Chinese
The nature of the learners Students understand the ways in which they use more than one language in their daily lives. They understand the differences between the Chinese and English oral and written language systems and begin to extend their knowledge …
Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Implications for teaching, assessing and reporting
The Australian Curriculum defines a solid foundation in knowledge, understanding, skills and values for all Australian children. It recognises that children are different: they develop at different rates, have different learning preferences and areas …
Implications for teaching, assessing and reporting | F-10 curriculum
Year 3 HASS
Diverse communities and places and the contribution people make The Year 3 curriculum focuses on the diversity of people and places in their local community and beyond, and how people participate in their communities. Students study how places are represented …
Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 4 HASS
How people, places and environments interact, past and present The Year 4 curriculum focuses on interactions between people, places and environments over time and space and the effects of these interactions. Students gain opportunities to expand their …
Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 5 HASS
Australian communities – their past, present and possible futures The Year 5 curriculum focuses on colonial Australia in the 1800s and the social, economic, political and environmental causes and effects of Australia’s development, and on the relationship …
Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 6 HASS
Australia in the past and present and its connections with a diverse world The Year 6 curriculum focuses on the social, economic and political development of Australia as a nation, particularly after 1900, and Australia’s role within a diverse and interconnected …
Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 7 HASS
Sustainable pasts, present, futures The Year 7 curriculum deepens discipline-specific knowledge, understandings and skills with opportunities for integration across the sub-strands. Students study ancient societies of the East and West, how they are …
Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Years 7 and 8 Italian
The nature of the learners These years represent a transition to secondary school. Students in this pathway are continuing to study Italian, bringing with them an established capability to interact in different situations, to engage with a variety of …
Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLHIU048
understanding that the Hindi language varies from region to region as it is influenced by local culture, practices and customs, and that this variation impacts on pronunciation but is not represented in written Hindi; for example, the word for ‘much/many’ …
Elaboration | ACLHIU048 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Hindi | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLHIU051
distinguishing between spoken and written forms of Hindi, identifying examples of colloquialisms and words and expressions used mainly in spoken conversation, for example, the non-standard मेरे को in place of the formal Hindi मुझे or the use of मतलब ... …
Elaboration | ACLHIU051 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Hindi | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLINU082
recognising features of spoken texts such as conversations and speeches, for example, the use of back channels (begitu, ya), discourse markers (nah, sekian), hesitations (anu) and non-standard expressions (Mau nggak?)
Elaboration | ACLINU082 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | Indonesian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLTUU049
recognising characteristic differences between spoken and written forms of Turkish, for example, by identifying colloquialisms and expressions used mainly in spoken conversation, for example, the non-standard abi in place of the more formal ağabey or …
Elaboration (3) | ACLTUU049 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Turkish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLTUU100
comparing features of standard Turkish and regional varieties used in Turkey and elsewhere in the world, understanding that these variations involve accents, dialects and vocabulary, for example, the word geliyorum is gelirem (Azerbaijan) gelikene (Western …
Elaboration (1) | ACLTUU100 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Turkish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLTUU117
recognising characteristic differences between spoken and written forms of Turkish, for example, by identifying colloquialisms and expressions used mainly in spoken conversation, for example, the non-standard abi in place of the more formal ağabey, or …
Elaboration (5) | ACLTUU117 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Turkish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLVIU168
comparing own Vietnamese speech patterns with standard Vietnamese pronunciation, and making adjustments to their pronunciation of certain sounds or tone markers as necessary, for example, g and r, s and x, ch and tr, or d and gi and v
Elaboration (3) | ACLVIU168 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Vietnamese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLVIC181
translating written expressions associated with politeness and social behaviours in Vietnamese, for example, opening and closing of formal/informal letters with phrases such as Kính thưa giám đốc, Ba mẹ kính yêu/Bạn thân mến/Em yêu, Thân/Thân mến/Thương …
Elaboration (3) | ACLVIC181 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | Vietnamese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Introduction
The humanities and social sciences are the study of human behaviour and interaction in social, cultural, environmental, economic and political contexts. The humanities and social sciences have a historical and contemporary focus, from personal to global …
Introduction | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Using the Framework Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages
The Framework is general in its structure and approach because it needs to be applicable to all Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages in Australia, across the full range of language ecologies. As a consequence, curriculum content and …
Using the Framework | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum