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Expressing culture and learning through narrative

Worawa Aboriginal College is an independent middle-years boarding school for Aboriginal girls. It is located in the town of Healesville 52km north-east of Melbourne on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri People. The school has an enrolment of 69 students. …

Expressing culture and learning through narrative | Illustrations of practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures | Resources

Career education: linking learning and social entrepreneurship

This illustration of practice describes how Rooty Hill High School approaches a year-long strategy for career education and entrepreneurial learning through a Young Entrepreneurs Program (YEP). In Young Entrepreneurs Week at the end of Term 4, students …

Career education: linking learning and social entrepreneurship | Illustrations of practice | General capabilities and career education | Resources

Rationale History

History is a disciplined process of inquiry into the past that develops students’ curiosity and imagination. Awareness of history is an essential characteristic of any society, and historical knowledge is fundamental to understanding ourselves and others. …

Rationale | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Aims Drama

In addition to the overarching aims of the Australian Curriculum: The Arts, drama knowledge, understanding and skills ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students develop: confidence and self-esteem to explore, depict and celebrate human experience, …

Aims | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACLARC011

mapping their own linguistic and cultural profiles, for example, by creating a timeline or web profile to highlight formative elements such as family languages, traditions and beliefs, key relationships and intercultural experiences

Elaboration ACLARC027

comparing the ways in which they communicate in Arabic and non-Arabic contexts, for example, using different forms of address or different ways of showing politeness, and discussing why these choices are appropriate and how they enhance intercultural …

Elaboration (2) ACLARC027

exploring the reciprocal nature of intercultural communication, the two-way process of noticing and responding to differences in perceptions, understandings and behaviours, for example, degrees of formality, politeness and directness, use of personal …

Elaboration (4) ACLFRC045

creating bilingual texts for younger readers based on models such as Oops et Ohlala, involving one English-speaking and one French-speaking character and incorporating instances of possible intercultural miscommunication

Elaboration (1) ACLFRC065

sharing and comparing cultural and intercultural experiences and language capabilities, and exchanging views on the benefits of speaking more than one language, such as having a larger vocabulary to draw on, new insights and perspectives, and opportunities …

Elaboration (1) ACLFRU072

comparing challenges and achievements associated with learning French that can be thought of as cultural or intercultural, for example, learning to ‘read between the lines’ to identify cultural information in language; developing the capacity to look …

Elaboration (1) ACLFRC082

keeping a record (for example, journal, log, posting on forum) of critical incidents in the course of intercultural language learning across different levels, (for example, breakdowns or breakthroughs in communication, repair and recovery strategies, …

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discussing how intercultural communication involves being flexible, responsive and open to alternative ways of communicating, (for example, responding to different levels of emotionality or confrontation in debate, or different levels of respect in casual …

Elaboration (1) ACLFRU088

identifying elements of language use in the Australian community that reflect the linguistic and cultural diversity of the population, (for example, intercultural exchange and experience), and words and expressions borrowed/used across contexts and activities …

Elaboration (3) ACLFRU090

exploring the reciprocal element of intercultural communication, considering how own cultural ways of thinking and behaving affect attitudes and interactions and influence other people’s responses or interpretations

Elaboration (5) ACLFRU108

reflecting on own tastes, interests and language use that have been shaped by intercultural influences, for example, Japanese manga or anime, or American fashion, music and dance

Elaboration ACLFRC118

exploring the reciprocal nature of intercultural communication, the two-way process of noticing and responding to differences in perceptions, understandings or behaviours, for example, attitudes to interruptions, personal space and physical contact, and …

Elaboration (1) ACLGEC147

preparing a digital ‘language passport’ documenting different stages in learning German, intercultural experiences and reflections on the impact of learning German on self and others, and considering possible reasons for perceived similarities and differences …

Elaboration ACLGEC180

exploring the reciprocal nature of intercultural communication, the two-way process of noticing and responding to differences in perceptions, understandings or behaviours, for example, attitudes to interruptions, personal space and physical contact, and …

Elaboration ACLHIU070

reflecting on changes in their ways of communicating in Hindi, identifying terms, expressions or behaviours that have become part of their everyday language through the influence of technology, social media and intercultural experience

Elaboration (2) ACLHIU090

identifying compound words used in contemporary Hindi that fuse Hindi and English to capture trends, convey concepts and engage with intercultural experience, for example, tension mat lo, accent maarna

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