About:
Course Overviews:
SACE Stage 1 Continuers
Language/Course Level: SACE Australian Languages – Additional Language Subject
Level: Stage 1
Length: 1 Semester (10 credits)/2 Semesters (20 credits)
Preferred background/Prerequisite: None
Content:
This course follows the SACE Stage 1 Australian Languages Additional Language Subject Outline.
The content is organised around three focus areas:
- Self and community – using Pitjantjatjara to interact with others and create resources about the student’s own worlds
- Pitjantjatjara Community – understanding community life, connections, Country protocols, stories and histories
- Australia and the wider world – exploring the cultures and languages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and their relationships with other Australians and the wider world.
Students will learn to:
- exchange information, ideas, and/or opinions in Pitjantjatjara
- create resources in Pitjantjatjara to express information, experiences, ideas, and/or opinions
- respond to resources that are in Pitjantjatjara
- understand and apply knowledge of Pitjantjatjara systems and structures
- explore and understand the relationship between language, culture, and communities.
Assessment:
Students undertake a series of assessments each semester, following the SACE Assessment types:
| School Assessment (100%) |
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Each semester, students undertake 2-3 assessments, with at least one from each assessment type: Assessment Type 1: Creating and Responding Assessment Type 2: Language in Action |
Students are assessed according to the SACE Performance Standards in the Subject Outline.
SACE Stage 2 Continuers
Language/Course Level: SACE Australian Languages – Additional Language Subject
Level: Stage 2
Length: 2 Semesters (20 Credits)
Prerequisite: Stage 1 Australian Languages
Content:
This course follows the SACE Stage 2 Australian Languages Additional Language Subject Subject Outline.
The content is organised around three focus areas:
- Self and community – using Pitjantjatjara to interact with others and create resources about the student’s own worlds
- Pitjantjatjara Community – understanding community life, connections, Country protocols, stories and histories
- Australia and the wider world – exploring the cultures and languages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and their relationships with other Australians and the wider world.
Students will learn to:
- Interact with others to exchange information, experiences, ideas, and/or opinions in Pitjantjatjara
- create resources in Pitjantjatjara to express information, experiences, ideas, and/or opinions
- analyse and respond to resources that are in Pitjantjatjara
- understand and apply knowledge of Pitjantjatjara systems and structures
- explore and understand the relationship between language, culture, identity and communities.
Assessment:
Students undertake a series of assessments each semester, following the SACE Assessment types:
| School Assessment (70%) | External Assessment (30%) |
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Students undertake one assessment from each assessment type: Assessment Type 1: Creating and Responding (50%) Two resource creations; Two responses to resources
Assessment Type 2: Language in Action (20%) Part 1 Language in action project – collaborative task Part 2 Review – individual task |
Assessment Type 3: Language Study (30%) Students undertake 6 assessments including four creating and responding tasks one language in action task one language study. |
Students are assessed according to the SACE Performance Standards in the Subject Outline.
For more specific detail refer to the Australian Curriculum website or contact the School.