AC9L1AU2U04 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.

notice that people use language in ways that reflect cultural identity

Elaborations

• 1 identifying and showing markers of social and cultural identity when introducing themselves, their family names, given name/s, and/or sign names if appropriate, in a role-play
• 2 noticing how identity is represented in a sign name, discussing the names of class members and where that name came from, if appropriate
• 3 identifying themselves as members of a Deaf community, describing their ways of communicating with deaf, hard of hearing and hearing children, family members and the Deaf community
• 4 exploring symbols and language used by First Nations Australians and the Deaf community in a range of contexts, for example, finding out what the symbols on flags represent
• 5 exploring the 'Deaf way’ such as the use of physical space to ensure signers can see each other, being able to communicate through windows or from a distance, and recognising the importance of facial expression, eye gaze and NMFs in conveying information in a visual-gestural language and culture
• 6 considering roles and responsibilities in relation to membership of a community, for example, in a Deaf community, by describing how they can help others to be aware of their communication preferences in the classroom, or with responsibilities related to a local community, such as how to be a caring neighbour
• 7 identifying different ways Deaf community members communicate with each other and with members of the wider hearing community using Auslan or English, including face-to-face or online, interpreters and relay services
• 8 using a Y-chart to compare aspects of their lives as deaf or hard of hearing children with those of hearing children, for example, ways of playing games such as the swimming-pool game 'Marco Polo', which uses splashing instead of calling out their name
• 9 talking about Auslan signs or informal signs they might use at home that are different from signs used by other people

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