Years 9 and 10 Auslan
The nature of the learners This stage of learning coincides with social, physical and cognitive changes associated with adolescence. Learners at this level are developing their cognitive and social capabilities and their communicative repertoire in the …
Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Auslan Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students interact with the teaching team, class visitors and each other to share information about themselves, their families, friends, routines, pastimes and experiences. They refer to family members and classmates using …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Auslan Years 9 and 10
By the end of Year 10, students use Auslan to share information, experiences, interests, thoughts and feelings in relation to their personal and immediate worlds. They describe the appearance of people, objects and places using SASS depicting …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLASFC114
Engage with different types of creative texts, identifying and discussing characters, events and personal responses through the use of familiar signs, actions and artwork[Key concepts: performance, character, personal response, creativity; Key processes: …
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACLASFC114 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLASFC119
Reflect on the experience of learning and using Auslan in and out of school, and ways in which their understanding of intercultural communication has developed[Key concepts: intercultural communication, perspective, insight, self-reflection, making meaning, …
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACLASFC119 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLASFC095
describing an object, space, animal or person using modelled lexical signs and short phrases, for example, describing the layout of key items in the classroom
Elaboration | ACLASFC095 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (8) ACLASFC096
responding to performances of Deaf poetry that evoke emotions such as sadness, fear or excitement, for example by indicating enjoyment or different personal feelings
Elaboration (8) | ACLASFC096 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLASFC101
reflecting on language differences in forms of address in signed and spoken language, for example, using a person’s name when addressing them directly in Australian English but not in Auslan
Elaboration (4) | ACLASFC101 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFU103
noticing that a point can refer to a person, place or thing
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFU103 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLASFU103
identifying what sorts of things can be represented in a DS by a particular handshape, for example a distant person, pole or tree can be represented by a point handshape, and a cylinder can be traced by a C handshape
Elaboration (5) | ACLASFU103 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACLASFU103
distinguishing between entity, handling or SASS DSs by looking at what the handshape represents in each type: entity: the handshape is an object or person handling: the handshape represents a person’s hands touching or moving another object SASS: …
Elaboration (6) | ACLASFU103 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACLASFU108
identifying the importance of signing space and proxemics in Auslan, particularly in relation to a person passing between two signers, or the positioning of communication partners
Elaboration (6) | 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) ACLASFC109
recounting personal experiences using specific time-related signs and conjunctions, such as: LAST HOLIDAYS PRO1 CAMP Last holidays I went camping.
Elaboration (2) | ACLASFC109 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLASFC109
interacting with members of the Deaf community to share details of their personal world
Elaboration (4) | ACLASFC109 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACLASFC109
recounting events involving more than one person using constructed action
Elaboration (6) | ACLASFC109 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACLASFC109
describing events that they have experienced and how they made them feel, for example: MONDAY DEAF PERSON VISIT SCHOOL PRO1 EXCITED MEET On Monday a Deaf visitor came to school. I was excited to meet them. MOVIE SCARY BUT PRO1 LIKE The movie was scary …
Elaboration (7) | ACLASFC109 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLASFC112
learning new Auslan vocabulary and language structures through interacting with Deaf visitors, teachers and mentors, recording the new language in personal sign dictionaries
Elaboration (5) | ACLASFC112 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLASFC114
viewing and expressing personal responses to creative visual texts such as handshape art and art produced by/about Deaf people, Deaf culture or signed languages, for example, paintings by Nancy Rourke and animations by Braam Jordaan
Elaboration (2) | ACLASFC114 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFU126
identifying differences between the use of personal names in Auslan and in other languages, for example, Auslan signers not using a person’s name sign when addressing them directly, in contrast to the practice in many spoken languages
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFU126 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum