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Elaboration ACELA1487

identifying words used in Standard Australian English that are derived from other languages, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, and determining if the original meaning is reflected in English usage, for example example ‘kangaroo’, …

Elaboration ACELA1488

recognising that we can use language differently with our friends and families, but that Standard Australian English is typically used in written school texts and more formal contexts

Elaboration ACELA1505

observing how writers use the beginning of a sentence to signal to the reader how the text is developing (for example 'Snakes are reptiles. They have scales and no legs. Many snakes are poisonous. However, in Australia they are protected')

Elaboration ACELA1506

learning that in Standard Australian English regular plural nouns ending in ‘s’ form the possessive by adding just the apostrophe, for example ‘my parents' car’

Elaboration (1) ACELA1506

learning that in Standard Australian English for proper nouns the regular possessive form is always possible but a variant form without the second ‘s’ is sometimes found, for example ‘James’s house’ or ‘James’ …

Elaboration ACELA1515

recognising that there are more than 150 Aboriginal languages and two Torres Strait Islander languages and that they relate to geographic areas in Australia

Elaboration (1) ACELA1515

recognising that all languages and dialects are of equal value, although we use different ones in different contexts, for example the use of Standard Australian English, Aboriginal English and forms of Creole used by some Torres Strait Islander groups …

Elaboration ACELA1528

exploring languages and dialects through building webcam relationships with schools across Australia and Asia

Elaboration (4) ACELY1742

analysing how issues are debated and reported in the media in different countries, and the possible reasons for this, for example ‘whaling’ in Japan and Australia

Elaboration ACMNA017

showing that coins are different in other countries by comparing Asian coins to Australian coins

Elaboration (1) ACMNA017

understanding that the value of Australian coins is not related to size

Elaboration (2) ACMMG290

recognising that metric units are not the only units used throughout the world, for example measuring the area of floor space using tatami mats (Japan), using squares for room and house area (Australia)

Elaboration ACMMG090

identifying the scale used on maps of cities and rural areas in Australia and a city in Indonesia and describing the difference

Elaboration (1) ACMMG108

investigating alternative measures of scale to demonstrate that these vary between countries and change over time, for example temperature measurement in Australia, Indonesia, Japan and USA

Elaboration ACMSP169

obtaining secondary data from newspapers, the Internet and the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Elaboration (1) ACMNA188

calculating population growth rates in Australia and Asia and explaining their difference

Elaboration ACMMG199

identifying regions in Australia and countries in Asia that are in the same time zone

Elaboration ACMSP227

investigating a range of data and its sources, for example the age of residents in Australia, Cambodia and Tonga; the number of subjects studied at school in a year by 14-year-old students in Australia, Japan and Timor-Leste

Elaboration ACMSP228

comparing the annual rainfall in various parts of Australia, Pakistan, New Guinea and Malaysia

Elaboration (1) ACMSP249

using parallel box plots to compare data about the age distribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with that of the Australian population as a whole

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