AC9L1AU6U04
Years 5 to 6
Languages
AC9L1AU6U04 | Years 5 to 6 Auslan: Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on communication
First language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 5 to 6 Auslan · First language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration identifying markers of social and cultural identity that are significant in the Deaf community, for example, using expressive movements to emphasise deafness and associated identity
- • Elaboration building a personal profile of their own journey as a member of the Deaf community, including, for example, school, youth camps, social networking through Deaf sports and Deaf events, and recognising Deaf Gain in relation to their personal identity
- • Elaboration understanding the importance of the 'Deaf way’, such as relying on visual cues to determine and predict what is happening in their environment and comparing how this is achieved in a hearing world, for example, understanding what is happening at the train station after there has been an audio announcement regarding scheduling changes
- • Elaboration exploring, in Auslan or English, how First Nations Australians’ languages and cultures are expressed, and considering similarities and differences in the cultural expressions of the Deaf community
- • Elaboration investigating and presenting an aspect of Deaf history, for example, the achievements and influences of Thomas Pattison, FJ Rose or William Thomson
- • Elaboration creating a poster for the school library about the tools and strategies used to navigate the hearing world, for example, outlining the technologies and software applications used to improve accessibility and inclusivity in communication, such as a speech to text app, closed/open/live captioning software, and bluetooth streaming technology
- • Elaboration presenting in a school assembly the importance of sustaining and maintaining Auslan
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- • Elaboration identifying cultural aspects of deaf and hearing culture, such as differences between the use of personal names in Auslan and other languages, for example, the fact that Auslan signers often use ellipsis or indicative verbs instead DRINK WANT? = use of ellipsis Does she want a drink? ASK (sign moves in direction of referent) = use of indicative verb Ask her.
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