Australia and the wider world

The focus area of Australia and the wider world enables students to celebrate and embrace the cultures and languages of home communities in order to consider the future through a broader global perspective. Students may focus their study on the language and culture of:

• connections with other Australian Languages
• connection with indigenous language communities in other countries
• status of [First Language] in relation to other Australian Languages
• opportunities for connections and collaboration between [First Language] communities and other communities
• impact of national and international matters on [First Language] communities
• impact of language policies, including effects on language variation, change, building, and loss
• means and methods of maintaining, strengthening, advocating, and transmitting language in the modern world, including the use of ICTs
• imagining future worlds
• bilingual and multilingual practices within Australia and internationally.