AC9L2AU8C04 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor interpret and adjust signed, spoken and written language to convey meaning in a range of familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration interpreting simple interactions between deaf students or guests and non-signers
• • Elaboration interpreting Auslan phrases and expressions that do not translate literally, identifying similar English expressions and considering possible consequences of lack of equivalence in terms of intercultural communication, for example, TRAIN GONE SORRY , or to ‘kick the bucket’
• • Elaboration translating simple filmed texts in Auslan into written English captions
• • Elaboration translating short English texts such as news items or own stories into Auslan, for review by their peers, noting any variations in choices and discussing possible reasons for these
• • Elaboration translating an Auslan version of a well-known text such as a song or story, considering why some words or expressions require a freer translation than others to achieve equivalence
• • Elaboration creating translations of English song lyrics or poetry for presentation in Auslan
• • Elaboration interpreting a theatre set sketch/picture from paper and signing it to a peer, describing the interior lay out of the room, using Auslan and integrating elements of space and DSs

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• • Elaboration analysing how elements of theatre performance such as emotional nuance are communicated through interpreters in a live setting
• • Elaboration discussing the possibility for both consecutive and simultaneous interpreting of information in communicative exchanges
• • Elaboration recognising that not all words and signs are semantically equivalent, identifying translations for English idioms such as ‘hit the hay’ and ‘raining cats and dogs’
• • Elaboration creating own simple gloss or annotations that show notations for using space, CAs, DSs and NMFs