Arabic: F–10 Sequence / Foundation to Level 2 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Content description
Recognise that Australia has speakers of many different languages, including Arabic, and that languages borrow words from one another
Elaborations
understanding that the world contains many different languages and that many people around the world speak more than one language
recognising that Arabic has borrowed many words from English, for example, إنترنت؛ كومبيوتر؛ تلفاز , and that English has borrowed words from Arabic, such as ‘admiral’, ‘candy’, ‘coffee’, ‘cotton’, ‘genie’, ‘sugar’ and ‘sultan’
exploring the range of languages spoken in Australia, including Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages
