Victorian Aboriginal Languages / Foundation to Level 2 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Learn the different sounds of the language and link these to written symbols and conventions
Elaborations
noticing and distinguishing sounds of the language and matching these with written symbols
recognising when the language is being spoken and distinguishing sounds of the language from English sounds and other known languages
experimenting with sound patterns in song, noticing how words and expressions can be separated into syllables to fit different tunes and rhythms
reading texts aloud to strengthen their familiarity with sound–symbol relationships, experiment with rhyme and alliteration and with written representations of these features
recognising and imitating intonation patterns associated with statements and questions, and understanding how these are distinguished in writing
learning that writing systems represent sounds and meanings, and becoming familiar with how the alphabet associates individual sounds/ a range of sounds with particular letters/ combinations of letters
noticing the shared alphabetic base of the language, English and other languages, with some differences
learning the conventions associated with the written form of the language, such as spaces between words, direction of writing and page layout, and comparing these with written forms of English and other known languages
associating written forms of morphemes, words and phrases with spoken forms of the language
