AC9L2AU10C04 Year 9 Languages

AC9L2AU10C04 – Year 9 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Strand

Communicating meaning in Auslan

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 Languages provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

interpret and translate signed, spoken, visual and written interactions and texts to convey intercultural understanding in familiar and unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• experimenting with literal Auslan translations of popular English idioms such as 'hit the hay', noticing when this creates confusion, and recognising the nature and function of cultural elements of communication and their impact on language use
• comparing different translations of online Auslan and English public announcements or government policy/information texts in terms of approaches to translation, for example, free versus literal translation
• comparing individual translations with a back-translation by a peer, and reviewing useful references such as an online Auslan dictionary
• considering why one language may use more words/signs than another to communicate a particular meaning or concept, for example, Auslan uses spatial concepts or DSs to describe the scenes, which may take longer to explain in a spoken language
• translating songs, poems or short stories from English into Auslan, for example, ‘I am Australian’, recognising challenges in transferring meaning, expression, culture or mood
• evaluating video annotation software options as a tool to assist in the transcription and analysis of signed languages, and provide a summary of the pros and cons of the software
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creating a bilingual glossary by recording various Auslan phrases and expressions used by Auslan signers, and attaching English captions with appropriate translations, for example,
PAH
! (finally),
BA-BA
(bizarre)

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• creating collaborative translations of Auslan texts or captioning selected signed texts
• exploring the role and function of Deaf interpreters and the differences between Deaf interpreters and Auslan-English interpreters
• glossing a text, including identifying which signs are used, and transcribing CAs and DSs

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANAUSSLLF10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students contribute to and extend interactions in Auslan in increasingly unfamiliar contexts related to a wide range of interests and issues. They interpret and respond to texts by evaluating and synthesising information, ideas and perspectives. They show understanding of how features of language can be used to influence audience response. They create texts, selecting and manipulating language for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. They use complex structures to enhance meaning and cohesion. Students apply features and conventions of Auslan and adjust signing to extend fluency. They demonstrate understanding of the conventions of texts and the connections between them. They apply knowledge of language structures and features to make and predict meaning. They support analysis of Auslan texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own cultural perspectives and identity, and draw on their experience of learning Auslan to evaluate how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.