Auslan: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 3 and 4 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Understand how space is used in Auslan to show who is involved in an event through the meaningful location of nouns and verbs, the use of depicting signs and enacting
Elaborations
recognising that non-body-anchored nouns can be located in space and identifying instances of this
discussing the functions of different pointing signs, such as pronouns, determiners and locatives
noticing that single-digit numbers can be separate lexical items or merged into other signs (numeral incorporation) such as those for ages (for example, 5-YEARS-OLD) or adverbs of time (for example, 3-WEEKS-AGO) or pronouns (WE3, WE4)
understanding that some verb forms in Auslan indicate who is involved in a verb by changing the direction of the movement or orientation of the handshape
noticing the relationship between the location of referents in real space and the direction of some indicating verbs in a text
identifying instances of DSs with appropriate support
