Content description VCASFU014

Auslan: First Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Foundation to Level 2 / Understanding / Systems of language

Content description

Recognise that groups of words combine to make clauses and include nouns and pronouns (people, places, things), adjectives (qualities) and verbs (happenings, states); and distinguish between statements and questions based on non-manual features

Elaborations

categorising noun signs into those for people, animals, places or things
understanding that proper nouns can have a sign name or be fingerspelled
knowing that adjectives describe nouns in different ways, such as how they look (BIG or RED), feel (SOFT or HOT), smell (SMELLY) or sound (LOUD)
identifying verb signs (SIT, EAT, FEEL, WONDER, HAVE) and recognising that they are central to a clause
recognising that there is no verb ‘to be’ in Auslan
understanding that a clause is one or more signs expressing a single idea and that a clause has at least one verb, but often one or more nouns as well, for example,
CALL-_him
I called him.
MAN THERE GO-TO POSS3 HOUSE
That man went to his house.
BIG MONSTER SCREAM
A big monster screamed.
recognising different nouns in clauses, including those that are shown with a pointing sign, such as GIRL READ versus PRO3 READ, or VISIT FRIEND versus VISIT PRO3
noticing that Auslan has more flexibility in word order than English
distinguishing between clauses that are statements and those that are questions
knowing that signing involves either telling with signs or showing with DSs and periods of constructed action (CA)
MAN WALK SLOW
DS(point):man-walks-slowly
CA:man-swinging-arms-nonchalantly

Code

VCASFU014

ScOT catalogue terms

Auslan

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