Auslan: First Language Learner 7–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Recognise similarities and differences in language features of different types of texts, and notice how signers build cohesion in texts
Elaborations
recognising that texts are made up of one or more clauses, which have one or more signs in them, which together make meaning
looking at short recounts or narratives in Auslan and identifying information necessary to communicate with others such as who was involved or when and where the event happened
recognising that different signed texts serve different purposes and discussing and comparing these purposes, for example, a procedure is to explain how, a narrative is to entertain
identifying how signers use space to track participants through a text, for example by pointing back to an established location to refer to a noun referent
identifying the many ways signers can refer to the same referent in a text, for example by using DSs, points or list buoys, and noticing how such strategies help maintain interest and support understanding
