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 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
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC100
identifying examples of deaf people’s visual orientation towards the world (‘people of the eye’), such as waving in space or using flashing lights to gain attention, visual applause
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC100 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFU102
understanding that signs can be organised by handshape, for example in Johnston’s Auslan dictionaries or localised handshape dictionaries in schools, and that this is useful if an English word for a sign is not known
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFU102 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFU104
distinguishing between yes/no questions, wh- questions and statements and their corresponding NMFs
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFU104 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC118
documenting and discussing places of importance to the Deaf community, such as Deaf schools, and understanding the value of these based on stories by elders and excursions to sites of significance
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC118 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFC091
making arrangements using simple time-related signs without numeral incorporation, for example, LAST-WEEK, MONDAY and with numeral incorporation, such as THREE-DAYS-AGO, TWO-YEARS-AGO, IN-TWO-DAYS
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFC091 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFC092
using questions and affirmative and negative answers when participating in role-plays that involve transactions such as ordering food at the tuckshop
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFC092 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFC093
asking for help or permission, for example: PLEASE HELP-me? Can you help me, please? CAN++? Can I?
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFC093 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFC094
identifying information in simple texts that relate to properties such as colour, size, shape or amount, for example when interacting with materials and concrete objects
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFC094 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFC095
recounting an experience they have shared, sequencing events through the use of modelled signs and photos
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFC095 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFC096
participating in interactions in Auslan that involve imaginative responses to stimuli such as cartoons using gestures, handshapes, facial expressions and simple signs to suggest what happens next in the story
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFC096 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFC097
using gestures and modelled signs to create their own short stories or mimes
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFC097 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFC098
comparing key signs used in Auslan versions of familiar and simple texts, such as stories from the Auslan Storybooks site, to words used in written English texts, and noticing how signs can convey rich, multilayered meaning, which might not have a direct …
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFC098 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFC099
creating bilingual texts for younger children, such as a mini Auslan–English dictionary of school-specific signs
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFC099 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFC100
identifying and discussing family names, given name/s and name signs for themselves and for others
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFC100 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLASFC101
reflecting on the need for sustained eye contact when using Auslan in order to understand a message and before teacher instructions can proceed, and considering how this may differ for hearing students in a spoken language environment
Elaboration (3) | 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) ACLASFU102
identifying and demonstrating signs with a change in orientation, for example CAN-NOT or HOW
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFU102 | 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 (3) ACLASFU104
knowing that adjectives describe nouns in different ways, such as how they look (BIG or RED), feel (SOFT or HOT), smell (SMELLY) or sound (LOUD)
Elaboration (3) | ACLASFU104 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum