Years 7 and 8 Auslan
The nature of the learners The transition to secondary schooling involves social and academic demands that coincide with a period of maturational and physical change. Learners are adjusting to a new school culture with sharper divisions between curriculum …
Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Years 9 and 10 Auslan
The nature of the learners This stage of learning coincides with social, physical and cognitive changes associated with adolescence. Increased cognitive maturity enables learners to work more deductively with language and culture systems, to apply more …
Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Years 9 and 10 Auslan
The nature of the learners Learners enter this band with prior experience of Auslan. They bring a range of existing capabilities, strategies and knowledge that can be applied to new learning. This stage of learning coincides with social, physical and …
Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Developing teaching and learning Auslan
Sequences of learning The Australian Curriculum: Languages – Auslan has two learning sequences: one from Foundation to Year 10, and another from Year 7 to Year 10 (Year 7 Entry). The curriculum is written in a series of bands, as follows: Foundation …
Developing teaching and learning | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Auslan Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students interact to share ideas and interests and to offer opinions, using compound and complex sentences, for example by using lexical conjunctions as well as non-manual features (NMFs). They participate in discussions …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Auslan Years 9 and 10
By the end of Year 10, students exchange information, ideas and opinions on a broad range of social, environmental, educational and community issues. They summarise and justify points of view and use reflective language to respond to others’ opinions …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Auslan Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students interact with the teaching team, class visitors and each other to share information about themselves, their families, friends, routines, pastimes and experiences. They refer to family members and classmates using …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Auslan Years 5 and 6
By the end of Year 6, students discuss aspects of their daily lives, social activities and school experience and respond to each other’s comments. They describe relationships and characteristics of people and objects and express feelings and preferences, …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Auslan Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students use Auslan to interact and to exchange information, experiences, interests and opinions with teachers, peers and others. They initiate and maintain conversations and use strategies such as fingerspelling to replace …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Auslan Years 9 and 10
By the end of Year 10, students use Auslan to build relationships and to initiate, sustain and extend interactions with teachers, peers and contacts in the wider community. They engage in debate and discuss aspirations and social issues, explaining …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Auslan Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students use Auslan to share information, experiences, interests, thoughts and feelings about their personal and immediate worlds. They use modelled constructions, ask for repetition or clarification, such as please slow sign, and …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Auslan Years 9 and 10
By the end of Year 10, students interact with peers, teachers and others using Auslan to communicate about personal interests and broader issues relating to the Deaf community. They participate in class discussions, explaining and clarifying positions, …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLASFC008
Translate familiar words and phrases from Auslan into English and vice versa, using visual cues, signs and English words, noticing how signs and words differ[Key concepts: similarity, difference, meaning; Key processes: noticing, recognising, identifying, …
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ACLASFC008 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLASFU013
Recognise that signing happens in a finite space that can be used meaningfully within individual signs, learning in particular how depicting signs, some verbs, pronouns and enacting make use of spatial relationships[Key concepts: signing space, numeral …
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ACLASFU013 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLASFC023
Conveying information about aspects of school, culture and community, using knowledge of the intended audience to modify content[Key concepts: school, cultural events, games; Key processes: conveying information, explaining, planning, rehearsing]
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ACLASFC023 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLASFC028
Consider how individual and community relationships combine to create family and social networks, influence social behaviours and contribute to a sense of belonging and identity[Key concepts: identity, relationship, belonging, place, behaviour, ways of …
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ACLASFC028 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLASFC029
Describe some ways in which Auslan and associated communicative behaviours are similar to or different from wider community spoken languages and forms of cultural expression[Key concepts: language, culture, values, similarity, difference, communication; …
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ACLASFC029 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLASFC041
Present information to describe, explain, persuade or report on different experiences or activities in ways likely to engage the intended audience[Key concepts: report, audience, intention, technique; Key processes: instructing, informing, persuading, …
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ACLASFC041 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLASFC044
Translate a variety of familiar school and community texts from Auslan to English and vice versa, identifying which words or phrases may not readily correspond across the two languages[Key concepts: equivalence, meaning, culture-specific concepts; Key …
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ACLASFC044 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLASFC046
Consider the influence of the Deaf community on identity development, focusing on language, social systems and sense of space and place[Key concepts: identity, relationship, community, place, space, story, social mores, history, Deafhood, Deaf gain; Key …
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ACLASFC046 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum