Achievement Standard Auslan Years 5 and 6
By the end of Year 6, students use Auslan to interact with people for a range of different purposes. They use descriptive and expressive language to share and compare experiences, ideas and opinions, such as THEATRE GOOD, LONG -really, LONG-really. …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Years 5 and 6 Auslan
The nature of the learners This is a key transitional phase of learning. Learners communicate more confidently, are more self-directed, and self-reference in relation to wider contexts. Response to experience is more analytical and critical, allowing …
Years 5 and 6 | 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 | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (9) ACLASFC041
preparing a short signed presentation for their peers drawing on information obtained from library resources or media texts on topics related to other curriculum areas such as visual arts or history
Elaboration (9) | ACLASFC041 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (8) ACLASFC060
engaging with signed versions of media texts, comparing visual elements to those for a hearing audience, for example, the teen drama Switched at Birth or teen dramas from BSL Zone
Elaboration (8) | ACLASFC060 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (9) ACLASFC064
investigating and explaining connections between rules, culture and community, identifying how these are demonstrated in Deaf culture through visual ways of being and using language, for example, exploring the values and beliefs which influence observable …
Elaboration (9) | ACLASFC064 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLASFC082
considering how deaf people are perceived to be more observant and more astute visually, for example, as drivers, in sports or in terms of visual memory, comparing anecdotal findings and documented research on this issue
Elaboration (1) | ACLASFC082 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (14) ACLASFC082
summarising elements of elders' guidance on how cultural values, beliefs and traditions are expressed and connected through shared experience of visual ways of being, providing examples of how these are demonstrated in community behaviour and in interactions …
Elaboration (14) | ACLASFC082 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLASFC094
following directions for simple activities involving visual cues such as a treasure hunt, for example: DS:turn-left DEAD-END DS:turn-right Go left, then at the end turn right.
Elaboration (4) | ACLASFC094 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACLASFC100
discussing visual ways of being, including interacting, transmitting and receiving information and behaving according to Deaf cultural values, and how these influence group learning and information sharing among Deaf people
Elaboration (6) | ACLASFC100 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLASFC111
negotiating turn-taking by using visual or tactile methods in taking or yielding a turn, for example: PRO2 FIRST NEXT-TURN-around-circle You go first then we’ll take turns around the group.
Elaboration (2) | ACLASFC111 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLASFC114
viewing and expressing personal responses to creative visual texts such as handshape art and art produced by/about Deaf people, Deaf culture or signed languages, for example, paintings by Nancy Rourke and animations by Braam Jordaan
Elaboration (2) | ACLASFC114 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (11) ACLASFC118
responding to elders' guidance on how cultural values, beliefs and traditions are connected through shared life experience and visual ways of being, and how they are demonstrated in community behaviour and interactions with the wider community
Elaboration (11) | ACLASFC118 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACLASFC064
analysing ways in which Deaf people design and adapt spaces in cultural ways (‘Deaf space’), for example, by eliminating visual obstacles to signed communication; using circles or semicircles for meeting and learning spaces; and using open-plan areas, …
Elaboration (6) | ACLASFC064 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLASFC028
designing visual representations such as concept maps, posters or captioned slide presentations to show individual and group connections within the Deaf community such as friendship, family or sporting groups, or state and national Deaf community associations, …
Elaboration (2) | ACLASFC028 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLASFU053
investigating the profile and distribution of members of the Deaf community, for example across states of Australia or by age or gender, using data from censuses and other sources to summarise and represent information in graph/visual forms, and to suggest …
Elaboration (5) | ACLASFU053 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLASFC111
initiating protocols within the classroom such as: gaining group attention through flashing lights, tapping, foot stomping and waving maintaining eye gaze and back-channelling positioning seating to keep visual communication clear, for example, sitting …
Elaboration (4) | ACLASFC111 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACLASFC100
investigating Deaf cultures around the world and how they shape visual ways of being, for example by considering how Deaf people from different countries and ethnic groups express shared group identity through practices such as gathering formally as a …
Elaboration (7) | ACLASFC100 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLASFU108
recognising how they as deaf people live in ways that may be different from how hearing people live and that these ways are primarily visual, for example by responding to prompts such as: Compare how deaf and hearing people get the attention of someone …
Elaboration (2) | ACLASFU108 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum