AC9L2AU10C04
Years 9 to 10
Languages
AC9L2AU10C04 | Years 9 to 10 Auslan: Mediating meaning in and between languages
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor interpret and translate signed, spoken, visual and written interactions and texts to convey intercultural understanding in familiar and unfamiliar contexts
Second language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence
Strand
Communicating meaning in Auslan
Substrand
Mediating meaning in and between languages
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 Auslan · Second language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration 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
- • Elaboration 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
- • Elaboration comparing individual translations with a back-translation by a peer, and reviewing useful references such as an online Auslan dictionary
- • Elaboration 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
- • Elaboration translating songs, poems or short stories from English into Auslan, for example, ‘I am Australian’, recognising challenges in transferring meaning, expression, culture or mood
- • Elaboration 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
- • Elaboration 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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- • Elaboration creating collaborative translations of Auslan texts or captioning selected signed texts
- • Elaboration exploring the role and function of Deaf interpreters and the differences between Deaf interpreters and Auslan-English interpreters
- • Elaboration glossing a text, including identifying which signs are used, and transcribing CAs and DSs
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