Elaboration ACLASFC058

summarising ideas and information included in presentations by deaf visitors

Elaboration | ACLASFC058 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Learning Auslan Auslan

Some linguistic features of Auslan are similar to properties found in spoken languages and others are not. For example, the 26 fingerspelled letters of the Auslan alphabet are based on the 26 letters of English. The occasional contact Auslan has with …

Learning Auslan | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC042

Engage with different types of creative and imaginative texts by identifying important elements, discussing ideas, characters and themes and making connections with their own ideas and experience[Key concepts: emotion, manner, visual expression, theatre …

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ACLASFC042 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC055

Initiate and sustain interactions to share ideas and interests, report on experiences, offer opinions and connect with events in their school and local community[Key concepts: ideas, interests, community, issues; Key processes: comparing, contrasting, …

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ACLASFC055 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACLASFC039

exploring and clarifying others’ ideas and summarising their own, and reporting back to a larger group

Elaboration (2) | ACLASFC039 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Learner diversity and learner pathways Auslan

Pathways There is diversity in the background of learners of Auslan. Learners may be deaf, hard of hearing or hearing, and may be learning Auslan as a first language or as a second language. To cater for distinct learner backgrounds, the Auslan curriculum …

Learner diversity and learner pathways | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Developing teaching and learning Auslan

Sequences of learning The Australian Curriculum: Languages – Auslan has two learning sequences: one from Foundation to Year 10, and another from Year 7 to Year 10 (Year 7 Entry). The curriculum is written in a series of bands, as follows: Foundation …

Developing teaching and learning | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC097

Express imaginative ideas and visual thinking through the use of mime, gestures, drawing and modelled signs[Key concepts: story, animation, constructed action; Key processes: re-enacting, depicting, constructing, representing]

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ACLASFC097 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC133

Express imaginative ideas and visual thinking through the use of familiar signs, mime and gestures, with a focus on emotions, appearance and actions[Key concepts: imagination, emotion, expression; Key processes: re-enacting, depicting, creating]

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ACLASFC133 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC163

Share ideas and feelings about people they know, their daily lives, social activities and the school community[Key concepts: experience, interaction, interests, relationship; Key processes: describing, discussing, responding, comparing, expressing fe …

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ACLASFC163 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC201

Interact with peers and others in and out of the classroom through reflection, discussion and participation in shared experiences[Key concepts: ideas, action, effect, discussion, culture; Key processes: making connections, reflecting, elaborating]

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ACLASFC201 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Auslan Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students interact to share ideas and interests and to offer opinions, using compound and complex sentences, for example by using lexical conjunctions as well as non-manual features (NMFs). They participate in discussions …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Auslan Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students use Auslan to interact and to exchange information, experiences, interests and opinions with teachers, peers and others. They initiate and maintain conversations and use strategies such as fingerspelling to replace …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Years 3 and 4 Auslan

The nature of the learners Learners at this level are developing their cognitive and social capabilities and their communicative repertoire in the language, as well as becoming increasingly aware of their social worlds and their membership of various …

Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Years 7 and 8 Auslan

The nature of the learners The transition to secondary schooling involves social and academic demands that coincide with a period of maturational and physical change. Learners are adjusting to a new school culture with sharper divisions between curriculum …

Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC010

Explore ideas of identity, social groupings, relationship, space and place, and how these relate to the Deaf community[Key concepts: identity, self, relationship, community, place, space, connection; Key processes: identifying, exploring, describing, …

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ACLASFC010 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC037

Interact with people for different purposes, using descriptive and expressive language to give opinions, talk about themselves and show interest in others[Key concepts: experience, opinion, values, ideas; Key processes: comparing, socialising, discussing, …

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ACLASFC037 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC060

Interpret a range of texts that involve the creative expression of emotions or ideas and the imaginative representation of people, events and cultural experiences[Key concepts: imagination, representation, characterisation, artistic practice, Deaf experience; …

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ACLASFC060 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC075

Engage proactively in language learning experiences through discussion, justification of opinions and reflection on the experience of learning and using Auslan[Key concepts: language learning, argument, ideas, reflection; Key processes: clarifying, interrogating, …

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ACLASFC075 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC109

Describe activities and experiences and share and respond to ideas and feelings about people they know, their daily lives, social worlds and school community[Key concepts: idea, feeling, description, experience; Key processes: recounting, describing, …

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ACLASFC109 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum