AC9L2AU6C03
Years 5 to 6
Languages
AC9L2AU6C03 | Years 5 to 6 Auslan: Mediating meaning in and between languages
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor locate and process information and ideas in a range of signed, visual and multimodal texts, and respond in different ways to suit purpose
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 5 to 6 Auslan · Second language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration identifying key information in procedural or descriptive Auslan texts and responding to signed comprehension questions, for example, watching a signed video about the water cycle and then participating in a game show style quiz to answer questions
- • Elaboration collecting information from peers about interests, preferences and routines, and presenting findings to the class using visual supports/graphic organisers, for example, presenting about how students get to school each day
- • Elaboration paraphrasing the content of selected Auslan texts such as community announcements and relaying the information to others
- • Elaboration reading or viewing First Nations Australian authors’ stories in Auslan or English and comparing words, formulaic expressions and sentences
- • Elaboration finding information about events such as a meeting to discuss creating more community green spaces or details of an upcoming Deaf community event and creating a signed advertisement or promotional video with English captions
- • Elaboration viewing a narrative signed text and responding by drawing a storyboard that identifies and sequences key events
- • Elaboration viewing Auslan stories and providing a signed summary of the plot, main characters and key message of the story
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- • Elaboration comparing different kinds of Deaf expression, such as handshape poems or art, indicating with which they connect more and why
- • Elaboration engaging with different examples of Deaf humour, such as Deaf jokes, and comparing them with examples of humour in spoken English or in silent films or mime
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