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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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