AC9L1AU10EU04
Years 9 to 10
Languages
AC9L1AU10EU04 | Years 9 to 10 Auslan: Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor reflect on and explain how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), attitudes, beliefs and values, and how these affect ways of communicating
First language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence
The Years 7 to 10 Auslan sequence is shared by first and second language learners.
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 Auslan · First language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
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- • Elaboration considering culturally appropriate and ethical language when interacting with Deaf people, discussing vocabulary, phrases and expressions to be avoided
- • Elaboration viewing footage of members of the Deaf community discussing identity and their experience of using sign language when growing up, and collating a biographical signed digital pamphlet of common and/or varying life journeys
- • Elaboration considering the concepts of Deaf Gain, Deafhood, and explaining these concepts to hearing people
- • Elaboration reflecting on and explaining the protocols required to authentically co-create an Acknowledgement of Country/Place with a First Nations Australian, to present in Auslan to a group of Auslan-using visitors at a school assembly
- • Elaboration reflecting on the impact of key events such as the Milan Congress in 1880 and the Signed English movement in the 1970s and 1980s on the education of deaf children, and developing a promotional video suggesting ways to further progress understanding
- • Elaboration preparing a presentation for the class or school assembly on the behaviours, rights, roles and responsibilities of the Deaf community in relation to the ownership and maintenance of Auslan
- • Elaboration keeping a journal of memorable experiences associated with learning and using Auslan in and out of school, noting personal reactions and reflections over time and insights gained into themselves as language users
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- • Elaboration promoting participation in community issues and programs, such as creating more green places and safe playgrounds, volunteering in aged care facilities or childcare centres, by contributing to a school secure blog
- • Elaboration exploring the role of globalisation in terms of what technology offers signed languages, including the capacity for further advancements in technologies to store, record and share signed languages
- • Elaboration identifying behaviours, rights, roles and responsibilities in relation to the ownership and maintenance of Auslan and how such ownership rests with the Deaf community
- • Elaboration analysing and discussing core cultural concepts reflected in Auslan, such as the collective nature of the Deaf community, respect for elders, the importance of reciprocity and responsibility, for example, the use of full titles in acknowledgements and forms of address when introducing an esteemed elder
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