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AC9L1AU2U01: Year 1 Languages Content Descriptor – Understanding systems of language
AC9L1AU2U01 Year 1 Languages

AC9L1AU2U01 – Year 1 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language

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.

Content Descriptor

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

Elaborations

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    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

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

    COCKATOO

    handshape:five

    and

    SOCCER

    handshape:fist

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    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)

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    developing double-handed signs such as

    SET UP

    and

    CONFIDENT

    , where both hands are engaged

  • • practising signing at a consistent speed and pace
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    recognising movements of the hands in modelled signs, for example,

    GIRL

    or

    BOY

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

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    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

  • • 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

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 1 ASLANAUSFLLF10Y12
Year 1 Languages Achievement Standard
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. 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 including fingerspelling (FS), lexical signs, depicting signs (DSs), non-manual features (NMFs) and signing space, to create texts.Students recognise and use the parameters of signs. They demonstrate understanding that Auslan has conventions and rules for signs and features of language. 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.