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

Years 9 and 10 Auslan

The nature of the learners This stage of learning coincides with social, physical and cognitive changes associated with adolescence. Increased cognitive maturity enables learners to work more deductively with language and culture systems, to apply more …

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

Years 9 and 10 Auslan

The nature of the learners This stage of learning coincides with social, physical and cognitive changes associated with adolescence. Increased cognitive maturity enables learners to work more deductively with language and culture systems, to apply more …

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

Years 9 and 10 Auslan

The nature of the learners Learners enter this band with prior experience of Auslan. They bring a range of existing capabilities, strategies and knowledge that can be applied to new learning. This stage of learning coincides with social, physical and …

Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second 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

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

Achievement Standard Auslan Years 9 and 10

By the end of Year 10, students exchange information, ideas and opinions on a broad range of social, environmental, educational and community issues. They summarise and justify points of view and use reflective language to respond to others’ opinions …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC029

Describe some ways in which Auslan and associated communicative behaviours are similar to or different from wider community spoken languages and forms of cultural expression[Key concepts: language, culture, values, similarity, difference, communication; …

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ACLASFC029 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFU036

Explore connections between identity and cultural values and beliefs and the expression of these connections in Auslan[Key concepts: language, culture, symbol; Key processes: exploring, understanding, noticing, recognising, questioning, making connec …

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ACLASFU036 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | 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

ACLASFU054

Reflect on how communities’ ways of using language are shaped by and reflect cultural values and beliefs, and how these may be differently interpreted by users of other languages[Key concepts: cultural expression, transmission, values, beliefs; Key processes: …

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ACLASFU054 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFU108

Explore connections between language, identity and cultural practices, values and beliefs and the expression of these connections in Auslan[Key concepts: language, culture, identity difference, transmission; Key processes: recognising, exploring, understanding, …

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ACLASFU108 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC155

Describe ways in which communicating and behaving when using Auslan are similar to or different from their use of their own language(s) and forms of cultural expression[Key concepts: language, culture, values, similarity, difference, communication; Key …

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ACLASFC155 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFU162

Explore connections between identity and cultural values and beliefs and the expression of these connections in Auslan[Key concepts: language, culture, identity, symbol; Key processes: exploring, understanding, noticing, recognising, questioning, making …

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ACLASFU162 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFU180

Reflect on how communities’ ways of using languages are shaped by, reflect and strengthen cultural values and beliefs and how these may be differently interpreted by users of other languages[Key concepts: cultural expression and transmission, values, …

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ACLASFU180 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC204

Respond to different types of imaginative and creative texts that invite consideration of values, themes and ideas and involve different modes of expression[Key concepts: Deaf experience, expression, cultural values, effect, emotion; Key processes: analysing, …

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ACLASFC204 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFU234

Explore connections between language, identity and cultural practices, values and beliefs and the expression of these connections in Auslan[Key concepts: language, culture, identity, difference, transmission; Key processes: recognising, appreciating, …

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ACLASFU234 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFC240

Respond to different types of creative texts that involve the expression of feelings or experiences, comparing their responses to different elements and making connections with their own experience[Key concepts: Deaf experience, expression, cultural values, …

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ACLASFC240 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (11) ACLASFC118

responding to elders' guidance on how cultural values, beliefs and traditions are connected through shared life experience and visual ways of being, and how they are demonstrated in community behaviour and interactions with the wider community

Elaboration (11) | ACLASFC118 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (8) ACLASFU125

recognising that languages may be perceived as ‘weak’ or ‘strong’ based on community values and the existence of documentation and literature in the language

Elaboration (8) | ACLASFU125 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum