AC9L2AU8U03 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor reflect on similarities and differences between Auslan and English language structures and features, using metalanguage

Elaborations

• • Elaboration using metalanguage to communicate about features of Auslan such as talking about the use of fingerspelling, CAs, DSs and NMFs
• • Elaboration commenting on how creating texts for different purposes results in differing types and amounts of signing, for example, the amount of fingerspelling used in a public announcement compared with a private conversation or the degree of influence from English in the conventions of a fairytale presented in Auslan
• • Elaboration comparing instances of representation of direct and indirect speech in English texts and corresponding use of CA in Auslan
• • Elaboration comparing texts created by 2 different signers on the same topic and evaluating the different choices they have made in terms of enacting through CAs or DSs
• • Elaboration commenting on the use of discourse markers and connectives such as BUT and G:WELL to create cohesive and coherent texts and compare how this is managed in English
• • Elaboration reflecting on the effect of discourse markers such as linking words or phrases and space to show topic and information shifts in a description or information report
• • Elaboration comparing Auslan and English dictionaries and how each language represents the elements of the language

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• • Elaboration presenting to the class some observations comparing iconicity in Auslan with the use of onomatopoeia in English
• • Elaboration developing a chart showing variations in Auslan around Australia and differences between Auslan and other international sign languages