Sample course outline Aboriginal Languages of Western Australia – General Year 11 Semester 1 – Unit 1 – The language in the local environment Learning context Week Key teaching points and content focus Learning context Introduction to the course and the unit country and seasons Overview of the syllabus, the course outline for Unit 1 and Content focus: physical features of assessment outline for Units 1 and 2. the country; interdependence of Language knowledge and use environmental locations, seasons Features of language and plants; influence of weather and distinctive sounds of the language, sound and symbol seasons on community life and relationships, orthography and syllables activities; traditional bush foods common vocabulary relating to the environment and (animals, plants) and their collection seasons and use; current language locations; common nouns, common singular and non-singular concepts of the protocols within the pronouns and/or verbs, adjectives and affixes local community; diverse forms of word order (flexible or specific) in simple formulaic communication; knowledge of the phrases and sentences, such as simple commands, Dreaming. questions, greetings, descriptions, forms and protocols 1–8 non-verbal communication Assessment Task 1 basic metalanguage (to discuss features of language) Response: Listening (Week 3) Varieties of texts Listen to a text spoken in the simple oral description, explanation, song and dance, Language and respond in English or Dreaming narrative the Language to questions in English or the Language. Cultural understandings Assessment Task 2 Country and community Response: Viewing and reading references specific to the local community, such as (Week 5) knowledge of the Dreaming, local place names and Read/view texts in the Language and directions respond in English to questions in Language and the environment English. interdependence of environmental locations Assessment Task 3 relationship between, and influence of seasons and Oral communication (Week 7) weather on flora and fauna Explain the influence of the seasons Learning and communication strategies on traditional community life.
Sample course outline Aboriginal Languages of Western Australia – General Year 11 Semester 1 – Unit 1 – The language in the local environment Week Learning context and content focus Key teaching points 1–8 Learning context country and seasons Content focus: physical features of the country; interdependence of environmental locations, seasons and plants; influence of weather and seasons on community life and activities; traditional bush foods (animals, plants) and their collection and use; current language locations; concepts of the protocols within the local community; diverse forms of communication; knowledge of the Dreaming. Assessment Task 1 Response: Listening (Week 3) Listen to a text spoken in the Language and respond in English or the Language to questions in English or the Language. Assessment Task 2 Response: Viewing and reading (Week 5) Read/view texts in the Language and respond in English to questions in English. Assessment Task 3 Oral communication (Week 7) Explain the influence of the seasons on traditional community life. Introduction to the course and the unit Overview of the syllabus, the course outline for Unit 1 and assessment outline for Units 1 and 2. Language knowledge and use Features of language distinctive sounds of the language, sound and symbol relationships, orthography and syllables common vocabulary relating to the environment and seasons common nouns, common singular and non-singular pronouns and/or verbs, adjectives and affixes word order (flexible or specific) in simple formulaic phrases and sentences, such as simple commands, questions, greetings, descriptions, forms and protocols non-verbal communication basic metalanguage (to discuss features of language) Varieties of texts simple oral description, explanation, song and dance, Dreaming narrative Cultural understandings Country and community references specific to the local community, such as knowledge of the Dreaming, local place names and directions Language and the environment interdependence of environmental locations relationship between, and influence of seasons and weather on flora and fauna Learning and communication strategies