SACE Stage 2 Australian Languages - Revival Language case studies
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Australian Languages - Revival Language is a Stage 2 subject in the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE), listed by the SACE Board of South Australia among the languages subjects available to students studying the SACE. It sits alongside the related Australian Languages subjects - Additional Language and First Language - in the Board's subject catalogue, and it is designed for students working with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language that is being reclaimed and revived, rather than with a language they speak at home. The SACE Stage 2 Australian Languages - Revival Language case studies are 5 cases and about 2,276 words.
1Choosing a spelling for a revived place name on signage
A revival-language planning group has been asked to advise the local council on a bilingual sign for a wetland reserve. The community has two documented spellings of the place name: one recorded by a nineteenth-century surveyor as 'Warrang', and one written by a fluent Elder in the 1970s as 'Warang'.
494 words, about 2 min2Interpreting a learner's oral presentation about kinship terms
A Year 12 student gives a five-minute oral presentation in the revival language about kinship terms. The student uses the correct term for 'mother's brother' but then explains in English that the term means 'uncle', which the teacher knows is a simplification: the term carries obligations of care and avoidance that differ from the English word.
454 words, about 2 min3Deciding whether a reconstructed word can be used in a school resource
A language team is producing a picture dictionary for a primary school. They have solid documented words for animals, plants and kin terms, but no recorded word for 'bicycle'.
438 words, about 2 min4Assessing a written text that mixes revival language and English
A student submits a 300-word written response in the revival language about a local seasonal event. The text contains accurate use of documented vocabulary for weather, plants and hunting, correct use of two case suffixes, and appropriate use of the community's orthography.
450 words, about 2 min5Handling a community request to remove a recording from an oral history project
A class has been working with a community language centre on an oral history project. Students recorded and transcribed interviews with four Elders, and the transcripts are being edited for a public booklet.
440 words, about 2 min