Year 1 Languages ASLANAUSSLLF10Y12

Year 1 Auslan Achievement Standard – Australian Curriculum v9

This Achievement Standard describes what students are expected to know and do in Year 1 Languages by the end of the year. Teachers can use it to guide assessment design, collect evidence of learning, and ensure planning stays aligned with the Australian Curriculum v9.

What Students Should Know

Students imitate the parameters of signs. They demonstrate understanding that Auslan has conventions and rules for signing. They give examples of similarities and differences between some features of Auslan and English. They understand that language is connected with culture and identity, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.

Content Descriptors by Strand

This standard is supported by 9 Content Descriptors:

Communicating meaning in Auslan

Understanding language and culture

Understanding systems of language

AC9L2AU2U01 recognise that Auslan is a visual-gestural language, and imitate the parameters of signs such as handshape, orientation, location, movement (HOLM) and non-manual features (NMFs) AC9L2AU2U02 recognise that signs and features of language are used to construct meaning in Auslan AC9L2AU2U03 notice that Auslan has features that may be similar to or different from English

Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity

AC9L2AU2U04 notice that people use language in ways that reflect cultural identity

At a Glance

Strand	Substrand	CDs	Elaborations
Communicating meaning in Auslan	Interacting in Auslan	2	18
Communicating meaning in Auslan	Mediating meaning in and between languages	2	15
Communicating meaning in Auslan	Creating text in Auslan	1	9
Understanding language and culture	Understanding systems of language	3	23
Understanding language and culture	Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity	1	7
Total		9	72

Frequently Asked Questions

What should students know by the end of Year 1 Auslan?

By the end of Year 2, students use Auslan to interact and share information related to the classroom and themselves. They use cues to respond to questions and instructions, and use simple formulaic language. They locate and convey key items of information in texts using non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They use familiar signs and modelled language, including some fingerspelling (FS), lexical signs, depicting signs (DSs), non-manual features (NMFs) and signing space, to create texts. Students imitate the parameters of signs. They demonstrate understanding that Auslan has conventions and rules for signing. They give examples of similarities and differences between some features of Auslan and English. They understand that language is connected with culture and identity, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.

How many Content Descriptors support this standard?

9 Content Descriptors support this Achievement Standard (Communicating meaning in Auslan: 2, Communicating meaning in Auslan: 2, Communicating meaning in Auslan: 1, Understanding language and culture: 3, Understanding language and culture: 1).

How does this compare to Year 1?

The Year 1 Auslan standard (ASLANAUSFLLF10Y12) covers the preceding year level. Standards build progressively, with Year 1 expectations extending what was introduced in Year 1.

Is this from the latest Australian Curriculum?

Yes, this Achievement Standard is from the Australian Curriculum version 9.0 (AC v9), the most current version published by ACARA.