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Understand that languages and cultures change continuously due to contact with one another and in response to new needs and ideas, popular culture, media and new technologies

[Key concepts: contact, change; Key processes: exploring, observing, reflecting]

  • View additional details about Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability
  • View additional details about Critical and Creative Thinking
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  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
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  • exploring forms, usage and history of contact languages in their broader region, including creoles, pidgins and Aboriginal Englishes
  • observing changes to language that reflect changing lifestyles, cultural trends and emerging needs, for example, youth language, new technologies, language associated with music, media and technology
  • reflecting on changes in their own use of their language over time, noticing how and when new ways are adopted or existing ways adapted
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