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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

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

ACLASFU138

Recognise that meaning can be expressed through English words or Auslan signs and that signs have set handshapes, movements and locations, and identify and reproduce them independently[Key concepts: handshape, movement, location, iconicity; Key processes: …

Elaborations ScOT Terms

Elaboration ACLASFU160

exploring similarities and differences in Auslan dialects through building webcam relationships with other schools or through identifying and collecting signs that differ in the northern (Qld and NSW) and southern (Vic., SA, WA and Tas.) dialects, such …

Elaboration (2) ACLASFC020

contributing to the development of a set of class rules

Elaboration ACLASFU034

exploring similarities and differences in Auslan dialects through building webcam relationships with other schools or through identifying and collecting signs that differ in the ‘northern’ (NSW, Qld and ACT) and ‘southern’ (Vic., SA, WA, NT and Tas.) …

Elaboration (8) ACLASFC061

re-creating a theatre set from a two-dimensional image using signed space

Elaboration (8) ACLASFC062

comparing their own translations of short set texts in Auslan or English with those of their classmates, noting variations and discussing possible reasons for these

Elaboration (4) ACLASFC187

re-creating a theatre set from a two-dimensional image using signed space

Elaboration (1) ACLASFC172

viewing a series of Auslan identity stories, such as those found in the Griffith University Introduction to Deaf Studies Unit 1 set, comparing their own experiences to those described by deaf children and adults in the footage

Elaboration (3) ACLASFC226

viewing a series of Auslan identity stories, such as those found in the Griffith University Introduction to Deaf Studies Unit 1 set, comparing their experiences to those described by deaf children and adults in the footage

Elaboration (1) ACLASFU067

recognising that signers can set up referents in the signing space as if they are part of that space (character space, for example, using a bC handshape (use of non-dominant hand) to indicate putting a glass on a table) or as if they are outside it (observer, …

Elaboration (5) ACLASFU121

recognising that signers can set up referents in the signing space close to them (viewer space), for example, using a bC handshape (use of non-dominant hand) to indicate putting a glass on a table or distant (diagrammatic) for example, using 5claw in …

Elaboration ACLASFU211