AC9L2AU6C01 Years 5 to 6 Languages

Content descriptor initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and school environment

Elaborations

• • Elaboration discussing aspects of their school experience, using familiar lexicalised fingerspelled signs, for example, FS:MON MR SMITH GIVE PT+c BOOK THAT NEW On Monday Mr Smith gave me a new book.
• • Elaboration discussing opinions in pairs or in groups, using NMFs and eye gaze to gain and hold attention or to finish a turn, for example, THEATRE GOOD, LONG DS:FAST-REPEAT NMF:EYES-WIDENING I liked the theatre performance, but it was sooo long. SCHOOL SWIMMING RACE, GOOD BAD, PRO2 THINK WHAT? What did you think about the swimming carnival?
• • Elaboration discussing experiences and their associated feelings, for example, DEAF PERSON WILL VISIT SCHOOL PRO1 EXCITED MEET I am excited to meet the deaf visitor. POSS1 FRIEND DIFFERENT SCHOOL PRO1 SAD I am sad because my friend moved to a different school.
• • Elaboration comparing weekend or holiday routines, interests and activities, using signs associated with time, sequence and location, for example, REGULAR SUMMER PRO1(PL) GROUP MOVE BEACH STAY WEEK(THREE) We go to the beach for 3 weeks in summer. WEEKEND PRO1 GO-TO DS:FAST-REPEAT CAMP I go camping on weekends.
• • Elaboration expressing preferences in relation to places or things using abstract space, for example, PT+lf PAST SCHOOL OKAY PT+rt NEW SCHOOL BETTER My previous school was okay, my new school is better.
• • Elaboration describing relationships between members of their families or between classmates, for example, PRO3 POSS1 COUSIN PRO1(PL) GOOD FRIEND She’s my cousin; we’re good friends.
• • Elaboration using discourse markers in conversation to indicate understanding, attention or consideration, for example, SURPRISE oooh (with appropriate intonation) INCREDIBLE No way! WOW Wow! UM um

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• • Elaboration interviewing deaf peers or other Auslan users, showing agreement or disagreement or asking for clarification, for example, PRO1 AGREE I agree. PRO1 AGREE-NOT I don’t agree … THAT RIGHT (CORRECT)? Is that right? RIGHT (CORRECT) PRO1? … am I right?
• • Elaboration gaining the attention of an individual or a group, for example, by flashing classroom lights, waving tapping or pointing to alert third parties
• • Elaboration following protocols for interrupting conversations, for example, when to walk between signers, waiting for eye contact and pauses in signing and using language such as EXCUSE or SORRY INTERRUPT
• • Elaboration monitoring their own and each other’s learning, for example, by making comments such as SURPRISE KNOW-NOT PRO1 I didn’t know that … THANK-YOU PRO2 EXPLAIN CLEAR Thank you – that was really clear.