AC9L1AU8EC04
Years 7 to 8
Languages
AC9L1AU8EC04 | Years 7 to 8 Auslan: Mediating meaning in and between languages
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor develop and begin to apply strategies to interpret, translate and convey meaning in Auslan in familiar contexts
First language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence
The Years 7 to 10 Auslan sequence is shared by first and second language learners.
Strand
Communicating meaning in Auslan
Substrand
Mediating meaning in and between languages
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Auslan · First language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration noticing how signs can convey rich, multilayered meaning which might not have a direct translation in English, for example, in stories
- • Elaboration noticing that simple phrases in English can be signed in several different ways
- • Elaboration using online sign dictionaries to identify diverse meanings of words or concepts, for example, by reviewing the various meanings of the word run, and comparing the signed concepts
- • Elaboration using online dictionaries to assist with short translations of Auslan into English, and vice versa
- • Elaboration shadowing a simple story in Auslan and retelling it as a pre-interpreting skill to a different audience, noticing which phrases and concepts create more challenge than others
- • Elaboration translating simple filmed texts from Auslan to English, and adding captions
- • Elaboration translating short English texts such as news items or short speeches into Auslan, for review by their peers
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- • Elaboration exploring different types of communicating, such as the use of tactile signing, haptics and visual frames to convey meaning
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