AC9L2AU8EC02
Years 7 to 8
Languages
AC9L2AU8EC02 | Years 7 to 8 Auslan: Interacting in Auslan
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor engage in modelled signed and visual exchanges with peers to organise activities related to daily life and school environment
Second language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence
The Years 7 to 10 Auslan sequence is shared by first and second language learners.
Strand
Communicating meaning in Auslan
Substrand
Interacting in Auslan
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Auslan · Second language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration giving and following instructions for class routines, for example, WE PLAY GAME. PLEASE STAND UP We’re going to play a game; please stand up. PT+C LOOK-AT PRO1 Eyes to the front. PLEASE WITH TWO Please find a partner. DS:TAP-ON-SHOULDER Get attention of person next to you.
- • Elaboration giving and following directions or instructions in sequential order, using ordinal numbers and list buoys, for example, BUOY:(1)PAPER LBUOY:(2)DRAW-CIRCLE LBUOY:(3)COLOUR Firstly, get some paper. Secondly, draw a circle. Then colour it in.
- • Elaboration negotiating turn-taking in activities and discussions, for example, POSS1 TURN FIRST POSS2-TURN It’s my turn first, then your turn.
- • Elaboration discussing roles and responsibilities that involve organising, negotiating and prioritising tasks, such as devising an activity or game for the class, for example, DEAF HISTORY PROJECT AGREE, MAKE LBUOY(1):PRESENTATION LBUOY(2):GAME For the Deaf history project, I agree, we will make a presentation, then a game. PRO2 TYPE PRO1 WRITE You type and I’ll write.
- • Elaboration participating in games, activities or role-plays such as enacting scenarios involving being lost and asking for or giving directions, or playing 'Sign circle' to practise new vocabulary or passing on a sign shape
- • Elaboration exchanging information about daily activities and individual schedules to determine agreed date/time for an event
- • Elaboration reviewing peer work in pairs, providing feedback and encouragement or praise on aspects and features of the signed text
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- • Elaboration considering adaptations to Auslan use when communicating in different physical environments such as across a large yard, or when one or both hands are occupied, for example, variations in vocabulary, size of signing space, clarity of signs, use of fingerspelling and NMFs
- • Elaboration managing visual noise such as background, glare from windows, filming and online protocols regarding signing space on camera
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Start freeAchievement standard statements this supports
- By the end of Year 8, students use Auslan language to interact and collaborate with others, and to share information and plan activities in familiar contexts.See it on the standard page →
- They respond to others’ contributions in exchanges using familiar gestures, questions and instructions.See it on the standard page →