AC9L2AU8U04
Years 7 to 8
Languages
AC9L2AU8U04 | Years 7 to 8 Auslan: Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor reflect on and explain how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), attitudes, beliefs, and values, and how these impact on communication
Second language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding the interrelationship of language, culture and identity
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Auslan · Second language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration exploring the impact of personal biography on identity and communication with peers, including family origins, traditions, beliefs, practices, interests and experiences, and creating a visual representation with signed captions
- • Elaboration reflecting on how contemporary values about technology impacts young people and their use of language in Auslan, and in written English formats
- • Elaboration presenting to the class or school assembly on the impact of learning Auslan on their perceptions, understanding and attitudes towards Deaf culture and people
- • Elaboration reflecting on how First Nations Australians’ languages have strong connections to Country/Place and how these can be compared with language variation and sense of place and space in the Deaf community
- • Elaboration explaining the relationship between culture, ways of thinking, and language, and comparing the cultural concept of Deaf identity with own concept of identity
- • Elaboration explaining how the visibility of signers in the media and communication has increased awareness of the Deaf community
- • Elaboration researching and presenting profiles of the roles, influences and/or achievements of Deaf organisations, leaders and individuals in the Deaf community, in advocating for the Deaf community
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- • Elaboration reflecting on how school events such as ‘International Day’ or ‘Harmony Day’ raise awareness of the diversity of languages and cultures represented in their school
- • Elaboration analysing how concepts related to cultural practices and identity are valued, for example, by identifying elements of naming systems such as the use of pointing, NMFs and name signs
- • Elaboration researching the status and recognition of signed languages in other countries, considering issues such as language rights, documentation and development efforts
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