Auslan: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 3 and 4 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Understand how signers make different language choices in different types of texts and compare this with English versions of text types, and notice how texts build cohesion
Elaborations
recognising that texts are made up of one or more clauses, which have one or more signs in them and which together make meaning
discussing and comparing the purposes of familiar texts such as class discussions or stories
comparing a short text in Auslan with an equivalent English text, noticing similarities and differences in their structure and language features
observing how texts build cohesion, for example by using different signs to refer to the same person
