Stage 2 | Subject outline | Version control

Australian Languages — Additional Language Stage 2
Subject outline

Version 4.0
For teaching in 2024. Accredited in August 2019 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2020.

Stage 2 | Subject outline | Capabilities | Critical and creative thinking

Critical and creative thinking

In this subject students extend and apply their critical and creative thinking capability by, for example:

  • extending their understanding of the relationships between language(s), culture, Country, and spirituality
  • understanding and creating links between existing and new knowledge
  • analysing features of [Additional Language]
  • applying their understanding of the power and function of [Additional Language]
  • questioning, appreciating, and being open to different perspectives in resources
  • making comparisons between languages to develop their knowledge and understanding of the nature of language variation.