Guugu Yimithirr Language Years F, 1, 4

Overview

Unit 1: Nganhthanun Bayan – Foundation Year is an Aboriginal language unit for Foundation Year students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum’s Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages.

In Lessons 1 to 10, students learn to:

• create and speak a statement describing both them and their partner
• create and speak a phrase referencing their gender and that of their companion
• create and say a statement referring to a person’s height
• write and say a question and reply
• create and speak a phrase referencing their name
• create and say an animal-related sentence
• make and say ‘this’ and ‘that’ in sentences
• specify the length of sentences
• make and say a sentence about old people
• speak and create sentences using pronouns
• make a statement about buddies
• make and say a command
• create and speak a sentence about animals
• say something about their friend and form a sentence
• make a statement about value
• say or create a statement expressing happiness
• say or form a sentence as a group or to a group
• greet and bid someone farewell, and say and form sentences
• speak and create questions about how someone is and reply.

Progress Test

In Lesson 5, progress tests are given to students. This enables teachers to assess how well they have learned the language so far and to identify the areas that require more instruction. The test questions are in the Teaching Guide, and students record their responses in a Student Workbook.

End-of-Unit Assessment

The final lesson is the end-of-unit assessment. It includes a range of question types (such as circle the correct word, sketch an image) to evaluate how well students have mastered the unit’s material. The Teaching Guide contains the assessment. At test time, teachers make copies of the assessment and hand them to the students.

Lesson 1: A sentence about yourself and your partner.
Lesson 2: A sentence about a person’s height.
Lesson 3: Making a command.
Lesson 4: A sentence about animals.
Lesson 5: A sentence about size.
Lesson 6: Sentences with pronouns.
Lesson 7: Making a command.
Lesson 8: A sentence about your friend.
Lesson 9: A sentence about being happy.
Lesson 10: A sentence to greet and farewell somebody.

Overview

Unit 1: Nganhthanun Bayan – Year 1 is an Aboriginal language unit for Year 1 students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum’s Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages.

In lessons 1 to 10, students learn to:

• use pronouns in speech and reading
• speak and read sentences with person nouns
• say and read phrases that contain evocative words
• read and say negative statements
• say and read questions with yes/no answers
• read and say commands
• speak and read phrases including animal nouns
• read and say sentences with possessive pronouns
• say and read sentences using pronouns and ‘this’ and ‘that’ words
• say and read phrases that include family member nouns.

Progress Tests

In Lesson 5, progress tests are given to students. This enables teachers to assess how well they have learned the language so far and to identify the areas that require more instruction. The test questions are in the Teaching Guide, and students record their responses in a Student Workbook.

End-of-Unit Assessment

The final lesson is the End-of-Unit Assessment. It includes a range of question types (such as circle the correct word, sketch an image of something) to evaluate how well students have mastered the unit’s material. The Teaching Guide contains the unit assessment. At test time, teachers make copies of the assessment and hand them to the students.

Lesson 1: Sentences using pronouns.
Lesson 2: Sentences using person nouns.
Lesson 3: Sentences using describing words.
Lesson 4: Negative sentences.
Lesson 5: Questions and the answers to them.
Lesson 6: Commands.
Lesson 7: Sentences with animal nouns.
Lesson 8: Sentences with possessive pronouns.
Lesson 9: Sentences with pronouns and the words ‘this’ and ‘that’.
Lesson 10: Sentences with family member nouns.

Overview

Unit 1: Nganhthanun Bayan – Year 4 is an Aboriginal language unit for Year 4 students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum’s Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages.

In Lessons 1 to 10, students learn to:

• strengthen a sentence with person nouns by including the modifier warrga-aygu and the plural ending -ngay
• make sentences using interesting vocabulary
• improve a sentence with describing words by adding the modifier warra
• create a sentence with commands
• make a sentence with a command better by including the term guna
• form a possessive sentence
• use a possessor noun to strengthen a possessive statement
• use animal nouns in sentences
• improve sentences containing animal nouns by adding the animal’s sex
• use ‘this’ and ‘that’ in sentences
• make sentences with pronouns and the words ‘this’ and ‘that’ better by adding describing words
• compose sentences describing worth and quality
• use the word buthuun-gu to strengthen sentences relating to worth and quality
• use numbers in sentences
• create sentences with numbers by using various animal nouns
• compose sentences that reference looking
• enhance sentences about looking by utilising several subject pronouns.

Progress Test

In Lesson 5, teachers give progress tests to students to assess how well the students have learned the language so far and to identify the areas that require more instruction. The test questions are in the Teaching Guide, and students record their responses in a Student Workbook.

End-of-Unit Assessment

The final lesson is the end-of-unit assessment. It includes a range of question types (such as circle the correct word, sketch an image of something) to evaluate how well students have mastered the unit’s material. The Teaching Guide contains the unit assessment. At test time, teachers make copies of the assessment and hand them to the students.

Lesson 1: Writing sentences using pronouns.
Lesson 2: Writing sentences using person nouns.
Lesson 3: Writing sentences using describing words.
Lesson 4: Writing a sentence with commands.
Lesson 5: Writing a possessive sentence.
Lesson 6: Writing sentences with animal nouns.
Lesson 7: Writing sentences with pronouns and the words ‘this’ and ‘that’.
Lesson 8: Writing sentences about value and quality.
Lesson 9: Writing sentences with numbers.
Lesson 10: Writing sentences about looking.