VCE Aboriginal Languages of Victoria study guide
VCE Aboriginal Languages of Victoria · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
VCE Aboriginal Languages of Victoria is a Victorian Certificate of Education study accredited by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority for an accreditation period beginning in 2023. It sits within the Languages group of VCE studies and is set out in a study design covering Units 1–4 from 2023, which details areas of study, outcomes and assessment. The VCE Aboriginal Languages of Victoria study guide has 5 sections and about 1,671 words.
01Unit 3 Outcome 1: Language, Country and Identity
You need to explain how Aboriginal languages of Victoria carry knowledge of Country, kinship and identity, and how that meaning survives or changes across generations. Core concepts: Country as a living relationship rather than a location; kinship terms that encode social obligations; place names as compressed descriptions of land, water, resources or events; language revitalisation as a community-led process; and identity as something speakers and descendants describe in their own words.
349 words, about 2 min02Unit 3 Outcome 2: Understanding and Producing Language
You must understand and use language features of a Victorian Aboriginal language as documented for study, and explain how those features work. Typical content: sound systems (including consonants and vowels that may not exist in English), word structure , word order , noun marking for case or number, verb marking for tense, aspect or subject, and pronoun systems that may distinguish more categories than English.
343 words, about 2 min03Unit 3 Outcome 3: Texts, Contexts and Purposes
You must analyse texts in or about Victorian Aboriginal languages, identifying purpose , audience , context and form , and explaining how language choices serve those purposes. Text types may include song, story, greeting, welcome to Country, signage, dictionary entry, interview transcript, children's book and digital app content.
321 words, about 2 min04Unit 4 Outcomes 1 and 2: Research, Sources and Community Protocols
You must plan and conduct research into a Victorian Aboriginal language, select and evaluate sources, and apply cultural protocols . Key concepts: community authority and who may share what; free, prior and informed consent ; cultural intellectual property ; data sovereignty ; restricted knowledge (gender-restricted, initiation-related, sacred); archives and their limitations; and citation of oral as well as written sources.
337 words, about 2 min05Unit 4 Outcome 3: Revitalisation, Policy and the Future
You must evaluate efforts to strengthen Victorian Aboriginal languages and explain the social and policy conditions that help or hinder them. Concepts: language revitalisation versus reclamation versus maintenance ; sleeping languages ; archives and databases ; school programs and their limits; bilingual and two-way education ; legislation and recognition ; intergenerational transmission as the key indicator of success; and community control of programs.
321 words, about 2 min