Explore their own sense of identity, including elements such as family, background and experiences, and ways of using language in Arabic- and English-speaking contexts
Elaborations
discussing the groups they belong to, including their families and Arabic cultural and language groups, and reflecting on how membership of these groups affects their own sense of identity
creating texts in print, digital, online or multimodal formats that express personal views on identity, including as a member of different cultural and/or language groups, for example, their name, in English and/or Arabic, their life experiences overseas and in Australia, and reflecting on how these may be understood from an Australian and Arabic perspective
mapping personal profiles by creating a chart, timeline or web profile to highlight significant experiences or events, for example, marking an event when they identified as Lebanese, Egyptian, Iraqi or Arab, such as during religious ceremonies or special national events
noticing how they communicate in both Arabic- and English-speaking contexts, identifying differences in behaviour and discussing reasons for these, for example, how they would address their teacher compared to a family member such as an uncle
