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

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; …

Elaborations ScOT Terms

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

Elaboration (2) ACLASFU035

recognising that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ use of signed languages is culturally determined and shaped by their beliefs and values

Elaboration (2) | ACLASFU035 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACLASFU036

understanding that culture is more than the visible aspects of people’s lives; that it also includes invisible elements such as beliefs and values, how people think about themselves and others, how they relate to their social and physical environments, …

Elaboration (1) | ACLASFU036 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACLASFU036

recognising that language reflects values and beliefs, such as in expressions of personal identity or in the recognition of others (sameness and difference), for example by identifying deaf family members as part of introductions, and by relaying cultural …

Elaboration (3) | ACLASFU036 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACLASFC037

exchanging views with their peers to identify values that they hold as important, for example, caring for the environment or providing support resources for the deaf community such as subtitles on TV/movies

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

Elaboration (6) ACLASFC042

identifying key messages or values conveyed through folktales, myths or legends, for example by creating mind maps to show relationships between concepts such as courage, loyalty, love

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

Elaboration (1) ACLASFU054

understanding that knowledge about past and present Deaf people and cultural experience and values is embodied in and transmitted through Auslan, for example ways of producing the sign for SIGN reflects cultural values placed on fluency

Elaboration (1) | ACLASFU054 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (7) ACLASFU054

analysing stories about deaf people’s history for the ways in which they embody cultural values and information, for example accounts of Thomas Pattison, FJ Rose and William Thomson establishing the first schools for deaf children

Elaboration (7) | ACLASFU054 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACLASFC060

exploring how cultural values in relation to identity are reflected in different forms of artistic expression, such as poetry performances by Walter Kadiki or John Wilson’s ‘Home’

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

Elaboration (5) ACLASFC060

identifying the different roles of storytelling in Deaf culture, such as teaching, entertaining, communicating values or traditions, finding examples of these in well-known stories, fables or legends

Elaboration (5) | ACLASFC060 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (9) ACLASFC064

investigating and explaining connections between rules, culture and community, identifying how these are demonstrated in Deaf culture through visual ways of being and using language, for example, exploring the values and beliefs which influence observable …

Elaboration (9) | ACLASFC064 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACLASFU072

identifying culturally significant attitudes and beliefs conveyed through Auslan that relate to history, significant individuals, places or events, for example, attitudes to spoken language that reflect the history of suppression of signed languages, …

Elaboration (5) | ACLASFU072 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (8) ACLASFU072

understanding how developing sign language literatures which recount significant journeys and events associated with the beginnings of Deaf education and the development of Deaf communities not only map history but also embody values and mores of Deaf …

Elaboration (8) | ACLASFU072 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum