Assessment Type 3: Examination (30%)

Students complete one language study.

This assessment type has two parts, both of which are carried out individually:

• Part 1: Language study
• Part 2: Review.

Part 1: Language study

Students undertake an individual language study relating to [Additional Language], in which they explore an area of interest related to one or more focus areas. After selecting an area of interest students, determine a purpose to help guide the research. This may take the form of a question. The language study may be presented as an informative, creative, or persuasive piece.

Possible areas of interest may include, but are not limited to:

• cultural perspectives
• contemporary life and language in the [Additional Language] community
• language change
• cosmology
• kinship
• the relationship between language and identity
• Aboriginal art and/or performance in the [Additional Language] community
• a social or environment issue relating to [Additional Language]
• major event(s) in the [Additional Language] community
• the relationship between language, land, and Country
• issues — impacts on language and culture (e.g. colonisation, reconciliation, the stolen generation)
• protocols, appropriate language, and interactions with [Additional Language] in different contexts (e.g. language used online, language in the community, formal and/or informal language)
• past and present ways of living in  the [Additional Language] community.

Students use [Additional Language] to engage with available sources of information to develop their knowledge and understanding.

The cultural resources (oral, written, and/or multimodal) that form the basis of the language study may include, for example, interviews with Elders, members of the community, artistic products, guest speakers, articles, online resources, documentaries, films, short stories, songs, interviews, and oral histories, either in their original form or adapted for language learning. The resources used may be subtitled, or produced in English, if appropriate.

A range of resources relating to the topic of the language study should be selected for analysis and interpretation, so that students are able to explore their topic in sufficient depth. At least one of the resources should be in [Additional Language].

Students may present their language study primarily in [Additional Language], in English, or in a combination of both in oral, written, or multimodal form. It should be a maximum of 7 minutes if oral, 1200 words if written, or the equivalent in multimodal form.

Ways of presenting the language study include, but are not limited to:

• performance
• role‑play
• presentation
• digital recording
• song
• story.

Part 2: Review

Students individually review their language study and their learning.

The review may include discussion about:

• how the language study has increased their understanding of the [Additional Language]-speaking community
• how the language study has changed their personal values, beliefs, and sense of personal identity
• what they learnt about how language reflects culture and identity.

The review is presented in English and should be a maximum of 2 minutes if oral, 300 words if written, or the equivalent in multimodal form.

The review may include, but is not limited to:

•  interview with a peer or teacher
• written answers to questions
• reflective monologue (recorded)
• digital presentation
• mind map (drawing)
• annotated drawing or photos.

The following specific features of the assessment design criteria for this subject are assessed in the language study:

• communicating — C1, C2, C3
• awareness and analysis — AA2, AA3, AA4.