AC9L1AU8U03 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor reflect on similarities and differences between Auslan and English language structures and features, using metalanguage

Elaborations

• • Elaboration recording and sharing examples of how languages expand to include new signs and expressions due to influences such as technologies and digital media, for example, COMPUTER, MOUSE (COMPUTER), INTERNET, WI-FI, SELFIE
• • Elaboration discussing how signers can compare or contrast ideas by locating things in the same or opposing sides of signing space, and how this compares with English
• • Elaboration evaluating the production of reciprocal forms of some indicating signs, such as LOOK, GIVE and INVITE , and comparing this with how it is expressed in English
• • Elaboration developing a chart or poster comparing DSs with English adjectives, such as a small, sleek, new car or a large, battered, old ute
• • Elaboration comparing Auslan and English dictionaries and how each language is represented, for example, nouns, adjectives and verbs
• • Elaboration explaining how sign languages borrow from each other due to technology, for example, signs that refer to different nations, states and cities around the globe, and the ASL vehicle handshape in DSs
• • Elaboration comparing commonly used metalanguage in Auslan and English, and explaining similarities and differences in the terms used

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• • Elaboration using metalanguage to communicate about features of Auslan, such as talking about the use of fingerspelling, CAs, DSs and NMFs
• • Elaboration comparing expressions of periods and sequences of time in Auslan and English, for example, FORWARD WEEK(TWO) In 2 weeks LONG-AGO A long time ago FIRST-LAST First to last