Aboriginal Languages
Areas for Assessment
Using language
Making linguistic connections
Moving between cultures
Grade A
A student at this grade typically:
- is highly competent in communicating verbally and non-verbally, across a range of contexts, purposes and audiences.
- initiates and maintains communication fluently, confidently and effectively, and expresses own ideas coherently and creatively.
- is highly proficient in selecting, summarising and analysing information from a range of spoken and written texts.
- responds fluently and spontaneously, giving detailed information, by drawing on a wide range of appropriate vocabulary, linguistic structures, features and non-verbal communication.
- demonstrates extensive knowledge and understanding of the culture of Aboriginal communities and perceptive understanding of the interdependence of language, culture, land and identity, as well as the concept of language revival.
- explains ways in which languages work as systems and critically analyses principles of language revival to produce original texts.
Grade B
A student at this grade typically:
- is competent in communicating verbally and non-verbally, across a range of contexts, purposes and audiences.
- initiates and maintains communication and expresses own ideas clearly and effectively.
- is proficient in selecting, summarising and analysing information from a range of spoken and written texts.
- responds fluently, giving detailed information, by drawing on a range of appropriate vocabulary, linguistic structures, features and non-verbal communication.
- demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of the culture of Aboriginal communities and the interdependence of language, culture, land and identity, as well as the concept of language revival.
- describes ways in which languages work as systems and analyses principles of language revival to produce simple original texts.
Grade C
A student at this grade typically:
- communicates verbally and non-verbally, across a range of contexts, purposes and audiences.
- initiates and maintains communication and expresses own ideas using relevant vocabulary and linguistic structures.
- selects and summarises information from a range of spoken and written texts.
- responds, giving some detailed information, by using appropriate vocabulary and varied linguistic structures, features and non-verbal communication.
- demonstrates sound knowledge and understanding of the culture of Aboriginal communities, the interdependence of language, culture, land and identity, and describes ways in which languages work as systems, as well as the concept of language revival.
- explains principles of language revival and produces basic original texts.
Grade D
A student at this grade typically:
- communicates verbally and non-verbally, in simple, coherent sentences and gestures in a range of familiar contexts.
- initiates and maintains short conversations and expresses own ideas using relevant vocabulary and linguistic structures.
- selects information from a range of spoken and written texts.
- responds, giving some details, using appropriate vocabulary with some variations in linguistic structures, features and non-verbal communication. There may be some inaccuracies.
- demonstrates basic understanding of the culture of Aboriginal communities, the interdependence of language, culture, land and identity, and ways in which languages work as systems.
- describes some of the principles of language revival.
Grade E
A student at this grade typically:
- communicates verbally and non-verbally, using only simple phrases, words or gestures in some familiar contexts.
- conducts simple, short conversations and, with prompting, is able to express own ideas using simple vocabulary and linguistic structures.
- with guidance, selects information from a limited range of spoken and written texts.
- responds, at times hesitantly, with some inaccuracies in grammatical and linguistic structures that impede communication.
- demonstrates an elementary understanding of the culture of Aboriginal communities, the interdependence of language, culture, land and identity, and ways in which languages work as systems.
- identifies the need for language revival.