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Australian Languages — Additional Language
Stage 1
Subject outline
Version 4.0
For teaching in 2024. Accredited in August 2019 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2020.
For teaching in 2024. Accredited in August 2019 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2020.
Stage 1 | Subject outline | Capabilities | Intercultural understanding
Intercultural understanding
In this subject students extend and apply their intercultural understanding capability by, for example:
- appreciating and understanding the diversity and importance of cultural expressions, including language, literature, painting, music, performance, and oral traditions
- respecting and understanding cultural protocols, including intellectual and cultural property rights
- contributing to the reconciliation processes through increased linguistic and intercultural competence
- appreciating that the long-term maintenance of [Additional Language] is of great importance and contributes to the national identity of all Australians
- understanding the importance of ecological understanding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.