AC9L2AUF03 – Foundation Languages: null

This Content Descriptor from Foundation 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.

Elaborations

• 1 recognising that there are different types of deaf and hard of hearing groups, such as those with or without hearing aids or cochlear implants, those who are non-verbal or deaf, or hard of hearing people who do not sign
• 2 exploring different languages and cultures of class members and identifying different ways of visually expressing meaning or showing respect, for example, waving in Deaf culture or bowing in Japanese culture
• 3 noticing Auslan users’ use of physical space, such as by changing position or standing so they can see the signer, for example, tapping for attention and then working out the spatial arrangement to have the interaction
• 4 using the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) map of the languages of Australia to notice the language(s) of First Nations Australians in their local area and/or across Australia
• 5 locating countries/places of significance to students in the class on a digital or world map
• 6 noticing that students in the class may speak more than one language

Related Achievement Standards