Stage 1 | Subject outline | Version control

Australian Languages — First Language Stage 1
Subject outline

Version 4.0
For teaching in 2024. Accredited in November 2018 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2020.

Stage 1 | Subject outline | Capabilities | Ethical understanding

Ethical understanding

In this subject students extend and apply their ethical understanding capability by, for example:

  • extending their understanding that Australian Languages belong to Country
  • understanding and applying cultural norms and protocols associated with learning, using, and researching Australian Languages
  • making connections between language learning and social justice and equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
  • contributing to social cohesiveness through better communication and understanding
  • understanding the impact of government policies, legislation, and judicial processes on heritage and identity over time
  • reflecting on the impact of their own assumptions, beliefs, values, and perspectives
  • respecting narratives as told by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, past and present
  • appreciating, empathising with, and learning from diverse ways of knowing, being, and acting in different contexts.