Auslan: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Foundation to Level 2 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Recognise that meaning can be expressed through English words or Auslan signs and that signs have set handshapes, movements and locations, and identify and reproduce them independently
Elaborations
realising that meaning is communicated through the use of signs, pictures, written or spoken words or miming
identifying the handshape of a sign, for example, COCKATOO (hs:5) and SOCCER (hs:fist)
recognising major types of path movements
understanding that sounds in English words are like handshapes, movements and locations in Auslan in the sense that they are combined together to make signs
noticing that in signed languages meaning can be expressed through whole signs or through fingerspelling
recognising that some signs are iconic, linking to the appearance of a referent, for example, HOUSE, TREE, DRINK, ELEPHANT, and that some are not, such as SISTER, WHY, SIMPLE
understanding that while English is spoken and heard as well as written and read, Auslan is usually uniquely ‘through the air’ and not written down
experimenting with different ways of recording signs, including video, writing an English word or drawing pictures
