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. 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
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
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
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
Introduction Auslan
As a native user of Auslan, and as an advocate for the language and for the Deaf community, I am thrilled to see a national curriculum in Auslan come to fruition. For the first time, deaf children will have access to a formal first language learner pathway …
Introduction | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (8) ACLASFC226
identifying and researching Deaf community identities associated with significant historical places, such as William Thomson establishing the first deaf school in WA
Elaboration (8) | ACLASFC226 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC001
sharing their opinions about classmates or classroom resources using evaluative language and superlatives, for example: S-A-M RUN FAST C-H-R-I-S WOW FAST SPEED Sam runs fast but Chris runs the fastest. THAT BEST COMPUTER That’s the best computer. …
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC001 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC003
negotiating turn-taking, for example: PRO1 FIRST YOUR-TURN It’s my turn first, then your turn.
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC003 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC005
providing information needed to complete an information-gap activity, for example, ‘20 Questions’ with yes/no answers, or ‘Guess Who?’
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC005 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC007
making their own handshape creations
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC007 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC010
exploring their shared experience as ‘people of the eye’, for example by identifying the importance of space for waving or using flashing lights to gain attention or to give visual applause
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC010 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC021
developing appropriate conversational behaviours such as sharing ideas, acknowledging and extending others’ contributions and making use of discourse markers, fillers and NMFs, such as: SURPRISE oooh (with appropriate intonation) INCREDIBLE No wa …
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC021 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC024
shadowing signed elements of theatrical or cinematographic texts that use handshapes, such as the scene with hand-faces in the film Labyrinth
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC024 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC025
playing with light and shadow, handshapes and movement, for example in shadow puppet performances
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC025 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC038
working on collaborative tasks that involve negotiation and shared decision-making about content and design, for example, designing a class garden, creating digital picture books for ‘buddy’ classes, or promoting a school event
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC038 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC042
viewing and responding to sign poetry from around the world, for example by comparing responses to differences and similarities in ‘visual vernacular’
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC042 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC046
identifying examples of deaf people who have been recognised for different reasons in the wider society, for example, Alastair McEwin, and discussing whether such recognition contributes to their own sense of identity and belonging
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC046 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFU053
understanding the nature of transmission of Auslan, for example, that in most cases Auslan is not passed on from parent to child but from peers, or is learnt by children from adults outside the family, and that some deaf people learn Auslan later in early …
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFU053 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum