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 | ICT capability

Information and communication technology (ICT) capability

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

  • analysing and evaluating ways in which technology influences and changes language use
  • using technologies to create new ways of thinking about and communicating in [First Language]
  • using technologies to engage with a diverse range of audiences beyond the classroom
  • engaging with a variety of digital resources
  • extending their understanding of issues of access and custodianship of [First Language] digital materials
  • using technologies to decode and encode language systems
  • evaluating the integrity of digital information and sources in [First Language]
  • appreciating ways in which technologies inspire curiosity about language and meaning
  • using technologies to record, shape, and refine personal language use and enhance learning
  • using technologies to maintain and sustain [First Language]
  • learning from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices through digital, audiovisual, and multimedia sources.