AC9L1AU10U04 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor reflect on and evaluate how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), attitudes, beliefs and values, and how these affect ways of communicating

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• • Elaboration reflecting on experiences of moving between Auslan and English, comparing how this feels and considering changes in their sense of identity when communicating in either language
• • Elaboration identifying changes to Auslan that reflect positive changes in community attitudes towards Deaf people, for example, in relation to words/signs such as DISABILITY, HEARING^IMPAIRED/FS:HOH, DEAF^COMMUNITY, HUMAN^RIGHT
• • Elaboration reflecting on their experience of living and communicating in general society and how they interpret visual language using ‘Deaf eyes’
• • 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 preparing a presentation to promote an Auslan or Deaf culture event, for example, NWDP, Deaf Festival, Australian Deaf Games or Deaf art exhibitions, and explaining how these help shape identity
• • Elaboration reflecting on the labels ‘Deaf/deaf/hard of hearing’ and ‘hearing’, considering what they mean to different people and their implications in terms of status, access, opportunity and privilege
• • Elaboration researching and preparing a presentation for the class or school assembly on the behaviours, rights, roles and responsibilities of the Deaf community in relation to ownership and maintenance of Auslan

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• • Elaboration creating a poster or set of instructions on the protocols for interacting with sign language interpreters in various contexts in and out of school