AC9L1AU6U01 Years 5 to 6 Languages

Content descriptor apply knowledge of signs, pace and signing space to develop fluency in familiar contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration identifying and comparing where and how a signer has established a location in space, through the use of points, non-body-anchored signs or fingerspelled words, for example, BOAT being signed in the neutral space in front of the signer’s torso area, or signing DREAM above their head space
• • Elaboration identifying, demonstrating and describing the various types of NMFs such as movements of the eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, shoulders and body, for example, considering which NMFs are used to express something that is heavy, far away, light, urgent or distressing
• • Elaboration producing signs using the correct HOLM and NMF in citation form
• • Elaboration creating a transcription of Auslan and English to identify what HOLMs and NMFs are used for DSs through the use of entity, SASSs and/or handling
• • Elaboration recognising that 2-handed signs can occur with a standard mouth gesture and that these are sometimes called multi-channel signs, for example, BA-BA and PAH
• • Elaboration developing the strategic use of speed and pacing to build anticipation and captivate an audience, for example, when recounting an event or telling a story to the class
• • Elaboration identifying signs that are arbitrary and have the same movement of the hands, for example, SISTER and BOY, and others that are derivative, such as SHOWER and FOOD

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• • Elaboration understanding that many features of fingerspelling and signed languages occur simultaneously, such as using CA and entity at the same time, for example, use of CA to mimic an angry wolf bearing down on a lamb which is depicted through the use of a finger (entity), compared with spoken language features which typically occur sequentially
• • Elaboration noticing how deaf and hard of hearing Auslan users code-switch when signing from fully-lexical signs to partially lexical signs, impacting the formality of their signing movement and location, for example, signers in an informal conversation with someone familiar may use the non-citation sign for KNOW , moving the sign to the chin rather than its usual place at the temple
• • Elaboration identifying and classifying examples of HOLM in an Auslan text, for example, watching a story and identifying examples of when DSs such as entity, handling and SASSs as well as CAs are used in the story