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
Achievement Standard Auslan Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students use Auslan to share information, experiences, interests, thoughts and feelings about their personal and immediate worlds. They use modelled constructions, ask for repetition or clarification, such as please slow sign, and …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Auslan Years 9 and 10
By the end of Year 10, students interact with peers, teachers and others using Auslan to communicate about personal interests and broader issues relating to the Deaf community. They participate in class discussions, explaining and clarifying positions, …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLASFU231
Recognise similarities and differences in language features of different types of texts and in Auslan and English texts of a similar type, and notice how texts build cohesion[Key concepts: text, textual features, referent tracking; Key processes: recognising, …
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACLASFU231 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | 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) ACLASFU228
noticing that in signed languages meaning can be expressed through whole signs or through fingerspelling
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFU228 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFU230
noticing that some signs modify the meaning of verbs, such as READ CAREFUL and that these are called adverbs
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFU230 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFU233
investigating the use of digital technology/communication by Auslan users, for example, social media, SMS/texting and NRS and VRS, discussing how these modes of communication impact on issues such as accessibility and communication between members of …
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFU233 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFU234
recognising the role of the Deaf community and its networks and significant places in maintaining, reflecting and strengthening Auslan and Deaf culture
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFU234 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFC242
participating in an excursion to an interpreted theatre event, with prior knowledge of the text/story, attending to the interpretation for discussion later in class
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFC242 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFU247
learning that the function of CA is to represent the words, thoughts or actions of a protagonist in a text, either themselves or another
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFU247 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFU248
realising that in many clauses signers ‘tell’ with fully-lexical signs at the same time as ‘show’ with DS, periods of CA and other gestural elements
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFU248 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFU251
recognising that some languages have no written form and have historically been passed on face to face/orally, and so are less well recorded and documented
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFU251 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (10) ACLASFU252
observing that concepts may be culture and language specific, for example in relation to time and space, as in the spatial mapping of timelines in Auslan
Elaboration (10) | ACLASFU252 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLASFC217
asking and responding to questions about a familiar topic, such as a shared school experience, for example: PRO2 LIKE AUSLAN? Do you like Auslan? PRO2, SUBJECT WHAT STUDY WHAT? And you, what subjects do you study? SCHOOL LIKE YOU? Do you like s …
Elaboration (5) | ACLASFC217 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLASFC218
participating in hypothetical scenarios that involve transactions, for example, preparing for or participating in a Deaf World workshop
Elaboration (5) | ACLASFC218 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLASFC219
apologising and thanking, for example: THANK-YOU HELP-me Thank you for helping me. SORRY PRO1 FORGOT I’m sorry; it was an accident.
Elaboration (5) | ACLASFC219 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLASFC220
viewing and responding appropriately to simple class and school announcements and directions
Elaboration (5) | ACLASFC220 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLASFC221
sharing selected points of information from their home or local community, such as family traditions or cultural events, conveying key points of information from visual infographics or diagrams
Elaboration (5) | ACLASFC221 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLASFC222
responding to signed poems and ‘visual vernacular’ descriptions of a character’s appearance by shadowing, mimicking and drawing, for example, work by Frédéric Vaghi
Elaboration (5) | ACLASFC222 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum