AC9L2AU4U03
Years 3 to 4
Languages
AC9L2AU4U03 | Years 3 to 4 Auslan: Understanding systems of language
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor recognise familiar Auslan structures and features and compare with those of English, in known contexts
Second language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 3 to 4 Auslan · Second language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration collecting and noting a list of gestures, commonly used by hearing people when speaking English, that have similar meaning when used in Auslan, for example, head nodding, shoulder shrugging, pointing to watch
- • Elaboration recognising that variation occurs in spoken languages, noticing some different words for the same thing in English and identifying similarities in Auslan, for example, cossie/cozzie, togs or bathers
- • Elaboration comparing differences in forms of address in signed and spoken languages, for example, not using a person’s name when signing directly to them, unlike the use of names in English and some other languages
- • Elaboration observing that there is variation in signs and signers across Australia due to differences in location, age or schooling, such as northern/southern dialects in Auslan, and comparing with accents in English
- • Elaboration comparing word order in Auslan phrases with written English, for example, FORWARD WEEK(TWO) PRO1 HOLIDAY I am going on holiday in 2 weeks.
- • Elaboration recognising there are lexicalised signs for common English words and abbreviations such as the days of the week, names of the months, and names of states, for example, FS:VIC, NSW, SA
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