AC9L2AU2U03
Year 1
Languages
AC9L2AU2U03 – Year 1 Languages: Understanding systems of language
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
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.
Content Description
notice that Auslan has features that may be similar to or different from English
Elaborations
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1
recognising that every language uses words or signs to make meaning, for example, creating a poster showing similarities and differences between Auslan and English for welcoming, greeting and introducing
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2
identifying aspects of Auslan and English which are similar or different, for example, NMFs or fingerspelling and recording these in a T-chart
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3
recognising that Auslan is a different sign language from that in other countries, and this is similar to having different spoken languages in other countries
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4
comparing Auslan and English pronouns
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5
recognising that texts are created to achieve different purposes, for example, a signed story or a signed instruction noticing that Auslan has more flexibility of word order than English
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