Elaboration (6) ACLASFC238

viewing Auslan texts from other content areas, using depicting signs to explain key concepts, such as states of matter or climate variation

Elaboration (6) | ACLASFC238 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFU250

Understand that Auslan has evolved and developed through different periods of influence and cultural and societal change[Key concepts: language variation, standardisation, change, language borrowing, adaptation; Key processes: researching, interviewing, …

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACLASFU250 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACLASFU228

identifying and demonstrating signs with a change in handshape, for example FIND or BEST

Elaboration (2) | ACLASFU228 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACLASFU228

identifying and demonstrating signs with a change in orientation, for example CAN-NOT or HOW

Elaboration (3) | ACLASFU228 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLASFU232

Explore different dimensions of variation in the structure, development and use of Auslan, including how it has been influenced by English and other signed languages[Key concepts: language variation, influence, word-borrowing, change; Key processes: exploring, …

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACLASFU232 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (11) ACLASFU247

knowing that in CA a signer can shift into the role of another, or themselves at a different time, through eye gaze change, body shift, head orientation change, and matching facial expressions

Elaboration (11) | ACLASFU247 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACLASFC226

exploring ideas about identity through journal writing, documenting challenges and rewards related to second language learning and identity change

Elaboration (5) | ACLASFC226 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Years 7 and 8 Auslan

The nature of the learners Learners are beginning their study of Auslan and typically have had little prior exposure to the language or to the Deaf community. Many will have learnt an additional language in primary school, and some have proficiency in …

Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACLASFU232

understanding that while the structure of individual signs can change over time in regular ways, there is little information about this process in signed languages due to lack of historical records of signing

Elaboration (2) | ACLASFU232 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACLASFC236

contributing to the solving of hypothetical scenarios using conditionals, for example designing questions for a job interview such as: PRETEND SOMEONE DS:one-person-approach-other BLAST, PRO2 D-O WHAT? Pretend someone approaches you and tells you off; …

Elaboration (4) | ACLASFC236 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (7) ACLASFU252

recognising that Auslan signs change over time due to shifting cultural values and changing experiences, for example, the modification of the sign for APPRENTICE to refer to TAFE, and shifting values around the sign DEAF^DEAF as the sign for DEAF (culturally …

Elaboration (7) | ACLASFU252 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum