AC9L1AU4U01
Years 3 to 4
Languages
AC9L1AU4U01 | Years 3 to 4 Auslan: Understanding systems of language
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor recognise and use combinations of signs to form words and phrases
First language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 3 to 4 Auslan · First language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration using the 5 major locations of signs on the body or in space, and identifying signs associated with each, such as SEE (head/face), SAY (mouth/chin), WHY (chest), TALK (hand) and ONE (signing space)
- • Elaboration understanding that NMFs are an element of a sign and are used to show emotional states as well as demonstrating emphasis, weight, exertion, proximity, texture and speed, for example, puffed cheeks to demonstrate heaviness of an object being carried
- • Elaboration noticing the orientation of handshapes in signs by focusing on a handshape of the week, such as a pointer handshape, and linking with lexicalised signs like BOY, THINK, PEOPLE
- • Elaboration identifying and demonstrating compound signs and recognising the HOLM and NMF of signs to create new meaning, for example, the sign RED + BALL = TOMATO
- • Elaboration distinguishing between single-handed signs such as MUM, SON, 2-handed signs such as BOOK, CHURCH, and double-handed signs such as TOILET, CONFUSE and TOMATO
- • Elaboration using pace and speed to demonstrate anticipation and/or to enhance storytelling
- • Elaboration recognising the pattern and describing how the movement changes between groups of related numbers, for example, 5, 15, 50, fifth
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- • Elaboration noticing that meaning through fingerspelling can be expressed at a slow, medium and fast speed to match the deaf audience, given the environment, context and the familiarity with the word or concept they are spelling
- • Elaboration recognising and identifying the fully lexicalised signs that originated as partly-lexical DSs, for example, AEROPLANE, TICKET, DRINK, MEET and MEETING
- • Elaboration understanding and identifying the concept of linguistic aspects in HOLM
- • Elaboration recognising how to sign with correct mouth gesture to show emphasis and represent force and noise, for example, expressing certainty by mouthing ALP while signing PRO1 SURE
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