AC9L2AU8C01 Year 7 Languages

AC9L2AU8C01 – Year 7 Languages: Interacting in Auslan

Strand

Communicating meaning in Auslan

Substrand

Interacting in Auslan

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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 Descriptor

initiate and sustain exchanges in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to students’ experiences, feelings and views, adjusting their language in response to others

Elaborations

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using signs to agree or disagree on relevant topics, such as,
AGREE YES HOMEWORK SHOULD
Yes, I agree we should do homework.
PRO1 KNOW WHAT MEAN, BUT …
I know what you mean, but …
PRO1 DOUBT
I’m not sure.
AGREE-NOT, PRO1 THINK …
I don’t agree; I think …
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using appropriate NMFs when turn-taking during class activities, for example,
HOLD
Hold that thought.
QUICK INTERRUPT
Can I just interrupt you quickly?
WAIT … COME
Can you just wait a moment … Right, what did you want?
• participating in face-to-face or online interactions with deaf children or students of Auslan to compare and contrast aspects of their school and learning experiences
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contributing to discussion and debate by expressing opinions, responding to others’ perspectives, and using reflective language, for example,
NEVER THOUGHT YEAH
Oh yeah, I hadn’t thought of that before.
• discussing the qualities looked for in friendships and relationships and giving reasons for these preferences
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responding to class and school signed announcements with more elaborate responses, for example,
YES PRO1 CAN COME TO PRO2 HELP BUT CAN-NOT THURS
Yes, I can help you with that, but not on Thursday.
• using appropriate protocols to join or leave conversations, for example, waiting for eye gaze or for the signer to finish and not asking for a full recount

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clarifying meaning, for example, by using fingerspelling to explain unfamiliar vocabulary, as in,
PRO2 MEAN [FINGERSPELLED WORD]?
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commenting on information provided by others to indicate or to clarify understanding, for example,
DS:NOD INTERESTING
Mmm, interesting.
TRUE WHAT ABOUT …?
True, but what about …?
• extending discussion or debate by asking follow-up questions, clarifying their own contributions or suggesting relevant comparisons
• adjusting styles of communication according to situation, for example, getting someone’s attention for a non-urgent matter versus an emergency situation
• organising standing or seated positions and ‘signing space’ when talking to one or more people, and adjusting the physical environment to be well-lit and without glare to enable effective communication

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANAUSSLLF10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students initiate and maintain interactions in Auslan in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to a range of interests and experiences. They use Auslan to negotiate solutions and adjust language in response to others. They interpret information, ideas and opinions in texts. They demonstrate understanding of similarities and differences between languages and in cultural contexts, by reorganising responses to suit context, purpose and audience. They select and use features of signing structures and expressions to create texts. Students apply the conventions of signing to enhance fluency. They demonstrate understanding that signed, visual and multimodal texts use different language conventions, structures and features to convey meaning. They comment on structures and features of Auslan text, using metalanguage. They reflect on how language, culture and identity are interconnected, and compare this with their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.