Continuing Modern Languages
Learning additional languages at the continuing level builds on previous experiences to widen horizons, broaden cognitive and cultural experience, and develop communicative and intercultural capabilities. It also opens up new perspectives for continuing learners, not only in relation to other cultures and languages, but also in terms of their own language and cultural practices.
Learning additional languages at the continuing level build on previous experiences to widen horizons, broaden cognitive and cultural experience, and develop communicative and intercultural capabilities. It also opens up new perspectives for continuing learners, not only in relation to other cultures and languages, but also in terms of their own language and cultural practices.
Learning languages strengthens intellectual and analytical capability and enhances creative and critical thinking. Students develop an understanding of the nature of language (including linguistic and stylistic features), of culture, and of the process of communication. They develop understanding of how values and culture shape a learner’s world view.
Learning languages extends the learner’s understanding of themselves, their heritage, values, culture, and identity. Students develop intracultural and intercultural capability; they develop understanding of, and respect for, diversity and difference, and openness to different perspectives and experiences.
Learning languages contributes to strengthening the community’s social, economic, and international development capabilities.
Students learn to reorganise their thinking to accommodate the structure of another language. They develop cognitive flexibility and problem-solving ability, which can be applied when problems and solutions are not evident, as well as when critical thinking and creative approaches are required.
The Continuing Modern Languages course is written under The LANGUAGES FRAMEWORK 2020: BSSS LANGUAGES Framework
Achievement Standards for LANGUAGES courses can be found within the Framework.
Students learn to reorganise their thinking to accommodate the structure of another language. They develop cognitive flexibility and problem-solving ability, which can be applied when problems and solutions are not evident, as well as when critical thinking and creative approaches are required.
The Individual
Students learn about how relationships and personal experiences shape identity. Students explore ways of belonging and reflect upon their own expression of identity through the target language.
Society and Community
Students learn how different language communities are organized. They learn through the target language how to engage in diverse cultural practices and consider these in relation to their own. Students explore how to participate in society and the community.
The Changing World
Students learn how values and culture/s shape an understanding of, and interaction with issues that impact our world. Students explore, through the target language, challenges and opportunities to share responsibilities.
Diverse Perspectives
Students learn how culture and language are expressed and appreciated in diverse mediums to communicate, sustain and challenge thinking, behaviour and systems. Students examine and demonstrate an awareness of perspectives. They explore, through the target language, a diversity of cultural expressions in the arts and sciences.
Independent Study
An Independent Study unit has an important place in senior secondary courses. It is a valuable pedagogical approach that empowers students to make decisions about their own learning. An Independent Study unit can be proposed by an individual student for their own independent study and negotiated with their teacher. The program of learning for an Independent Study unit must meet the unit goals and content descriptions as they appear in the course. Students must have studied at least THREE standard 1.0 units from this course. A student can only study a maximum of one Independent study unit in each course. An Independent Study unit requires the principal’s written approval. Independent study units are only available to individual students in Year 12. Principal approval is also required for a student in Year 12 to enrol concurrently in an Independent unit and the third 1.0 unit in a course of study.
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