School students learning foreign languages will be taught “Aboriginal English” phrases — including the words “sista, brutha, bro and cuz” — under curriculum changes.
New syllabuses developed by the NSW Education Standards Authority require indigenous culture to be part of every subject, reports Daily Telegraph.
The changes require students from Kindergarten to Year 10 learning languages such as Chinese, Arabic, Spanish and French to compare speech sounds, slang and “loan words” such as kookaburra and kangaroo from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.
Students from Kindergarten to Year 10 learning languages such as Chinese, Arabic, Spanish and French will be required to compare speech sounds, slang and “loan words” such as kookaburra and kangaroo from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.
The guides suggest ways for teachers to link Aboriginal culture to lessons, including discussing Dreaming Time stories in Arabic, and learning words such as kookaburra and kangaroo in Vietnamese.
The new Chinese syllabus suggests teachers encourage students to compare “culturally specific terms and phrases” including “mate” in “Australian English” and “sista, brutha, bro, cuz, Aunty and Uncle” in “Aboriginal English”.
Indigenous histories and cultures must be linked to all subject areas as one of three nationally recognised cross-curriculum priorities.
But indigenous leaders have slammed some of the phrases suggested as Aboriginal terms as patronising, while education experts said including them was tokenistic and too hard for kids to learn.
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