AC9L2AU2C01 Year 1 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 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.

recognise and respond to modelled classroom-related greetings, instructions and routines, and personal introductions

Elaborations

• 1

  participating in simple dialogues using greetings, farewells and sign names where appropriate, following modelled signs such as

  HOW-ARE-YOU? SEE-YOU-AGAIN

• 2 referring to classmates, teachers or visitors by pointing, fingerspelling a name, or using a sign name where appropriate, noting the cultural etiquette of sign names
• 3

  asking and answering simple questions that require an affirmative or negative response, such as

  WANT PLAY HIDE-AND-SEEK?

  Do you want to play 'Hide and seek'?

  WANT

  Yes, I want to.

  PRO2 ALRIGHT?

  Are you alright?

  YES

  Yes

  BIRD PRO2 HAVE?

  Do you have a bird?

  BIRD PRO1 HAVE

  I have a bird.

• 4 recognising and responding to classroom instructions
• 5

  asking and answering simple questions that require a closed or simple response, such as

  SISTER BROTHER HOW-MANY?

  How many sisters and brothers do you have?

  BROTHER(TWO) SISTER(ONE)

  Two brothers and one sister.

  SCISSORS WHERE?

  Where are the scissors?

  BLACK BLUE PENCIL WANT WHICH?

  Which pencil do you want? Black or blue?

  HOW-OLD PRO2?

  How old are you?

  PRO1 AGE-YEARS(SEVEN)

  I am 7 years old.

• 6

  making statements to express feelings and simple opinions using lexical signs and affective NMFs, for example,

  PRO1 HAPPY

  I’m happy.

  PRO3 GRUMPY

  She’s grumpy.

  PRO1 LIKE SCHOOL

  I like school.

  PRO1 FLOWER LIKE-NOT

  I don’t like flowers.

  PRO1 LOVE APPLES

  I love apples.

• 7

  describing the appearance of people or objects using simple statements and supporting pictures or props, for example,

  PRO3 HAVE DS:CURLY-HAIR

  He has curly hair.

  THAT BOX BIG

  That box is big.

• 8 sharing information about what they like to do after school or on the weekend
• 9

  playing action games such as 'Simon says', using plain verbs, for example,

  PRO1 RUN, PRO1 READ

• 10

  asking for help or permission, for example,

  PLEASE PT+c HELP?

  Can you help me, please?

  PRO1(PL) CAN SHARE?

  Can we share these?

  AGAIN PLEASE?

  Can you please sign it again?

  SLOW PLEASE?

  Can you sign it slowly please?

• 11

  teaching family members Auslan such as

  PLEASE, THANK-YOU, SORRY, WELCOME, GOOD-LUCK, CONGRATULATIONS/WELL-DONE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY

  and deaf applause

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