The Vietnamese curriculum recognises that there are different entry points into language learning across F–10, which reflects current language teaching practice.
There are two possible learning sequences:
Overview material | Vietnamese
By the end of Level 10, students use spoken and written Turkish to initiate, sustain and extend interactions with peers, teachers and others in a range of contexts and for a range of purposes. They exchange ideas, opinions and aspirations, for example, Türkçe öğretmeni olmak istiyorum.
Level description | Languages | Turkish | F–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10
VCKOC159 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Creating
Students are increasingly aware of differences between Auslan and English. They are expanding their knowledge of vocabulary and sentence construction. With support, they use constructed action to show participants in a text, modify indicating verbs for non-present referents with increasing accuracy...
Level description | Languages | Auslan | Second Language Learner | 7–10 Sequence
By the end of Level 2, students use spoken Chinese to initiate interactions in a range of familiar contexts. They participate in simple exchanges to obtain and convey information and experiences relating to their personal world. They use learnt vocabulary, sounds, characters and culturally specific...
Level description | Languages | Chinese | Background Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2
By the end of Levels 4, students use spoken and written Chinese to initiate interactions. They participate in short exchanges, for example, 你晚饭吃什么？，我学汉语和英语,站起来， 大家听老师说. They organise and convey factual information and share experiences in formal and informal situations, making appropriate choices...
Level description | Languages | Chinese | Background Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4
By the end of Level 8, students sustain oral and written interactions with known audiences, making appropriate adjustments to language use for different audiences, contexts and purposes. They access and analyse a range of authentic spoken, written and multimodal sources to support and present...
Level description | Languages | Chinese | First Language Learner | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8
By the end of Level 10, students sustain extended interactions with diverse individuals and groups, selecting spoken and written language for precision and for effect on participants. Students collate and evaluate a range of spoken, written and multimodal sources to convey different perspectives...
Level description | Languages | Chinese | First Language Learner | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10
Students use formulaic phrases in Indonesian with the teacher and peers. They focus on aspects of their personal world and are introduced to content related to Indonesia. Students develop oral language through scaffolded tasks and texts. They extend their oral fluency by focusing on sentence-level...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence
Students increase their range of Italian language vocabulary, grammatical knowledge and textual knowledge. They learn how to describe present and immediate future actions, situations and events using familiar verbs. They use adverbs, adjectives and prepositions to create more complex sentences...
Level description | Languages | Italian | F–10 Sequence
Students use a range of grammatical forms and structures to convey more complex relationships between ideas and events, developing awareness of how language structures and features build up textural features. They use descriptive and expressive language including onomatopoeic and mimetic words...
Level description | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence
China's official language is Modern Standard Chinese, or Putonghua (the common or shared language) in Chinese. The language is also referred to as Hanyu, the spoken language of the Han people, or Zhongwen, the written language of China. In Taiwan it is more usually called...
Overview material | Chinese
Students use the language being studied in the classroom for a widening range of purposes: exchanging information, expressing ideas and feelings, performing role plays, dialogues, and responding to experiences. Social contexts such as families, the neighbourhood, locality and community influence...
Level description | Languages | Non-Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence
By the end of Level 2, students interact with teachers and peers through play and action-related language. They use greetings and respond to instructions through actions. Students pronounce the sounds of the language. They recognise simple questions and can respond to them, in addition to names...
Level description | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2
Students use formulaic phrases to participate in classroom routines, presentations and structured conversations with the teacher and peers. Students develop oral language through scaffolded tasks and texts such as songs, descriptions and stories. They extend their oral fluency by focusing on sentence...
Level description | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence
By the end of Level 10, students use spoken and written Vietnamese to initiate, sustain and extend interactions with peers, teachers and others in a range of contexts and for a range of purposes, such as to explore peers’ perspectives on youth culture and personal experiences. They use language...
Level description | Languages | Vietnamese | F–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10
VCARC110 | Languages | Arabic | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Translating
VCELC023 | Languages | Modern Greek | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Creating
VCESU140 | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language
VCKOU148 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language
