Victorian Aboriginal Languages / Levels 3 to 6 / Understanding / Language awareness
Content description
Explore the language situation of language communities and the diversity of language contexts in Australia
Elaborations
investigating the nature and state of health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages across Australia and in their region
recognising that many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are multilingual, and discussing reasons for this
learning about the current language situation in the language: its state of health, the nature of the speech community and generational differences, and discussing reasons for these characteristics
recognising that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages are in various states of maintenance, development and revival, and investigating the diversity of historical causes for this
recognising how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages have been transmitted and recorded across generations
exploring how physical and biological environments affect linguistic ecology
recognising shared vocabulary across Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, and understanding why there might be variations in spelling
recognising dialectal differences and similarities within languages
investigating ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages are used in the local region and in the wider Australian community, for example, in the media, in art galleries, festivals, on public transport
