AC9L1AU2U01 Year 1 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 Languages provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

recognise modelled combinations of signs and use Handshape, Orientation, Location, Movement (HOLM) and non-manual features (NMFs) to make meaning

Elaborations

• 1

  noticing the location of a sign on the body or in space and considering its connection to the sign’s meaning, for example, signing

  THINK or KNOW

  on the location of the head related to our brain doing the thinking or containing knowledge

• 2

  recognising the use of specific handshapes when signing, for example,

  COCKATOO

  handshape:five

  and

  SOCCER

  handshape:fist

• 3

  practising the parameters of HOLM and NMFs to produce meaningful signs such as handshape:hook, or tapping the nose twice (

  SISTER

  ), the chin twice (

  DINNER

  ), or cheek twice (

  FUNNY)

• 4

  developing double-handed signs such as

  SET UP

  and

  CONFIDENT

  , where both hands are engaged

• 5 practising signing at a consistent speed and pace
• 6

  recognising movements of the hands in modelled signs, for example,

  GIRL

  or

  BOY

• 7 using fingerspelling to identify common classroom items using clear letter formation
• 8

  recognising that some signs are iconic, linking to the appearance of a referent, for example,

  HOUSE, TREE, ELEPHANT

  , and that some are not iconic, such as

  SISTER, WHY, SIMPLE

• 9

  following a simple handshape chart, such as categorising handshapes with the signs, showing handshape incorporating HOLM, for example, the flat handshape for

  COMMUNITY, MUM, HEAD

  and

  HAT

• 10 practising signing with correct mouth gesture, for example, not ‘mumbling’ by using a small mouth movement and not ‘yelling’ by using an overly large mouth movement

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