Auslan: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Understand and describe complex grammatical structures combining depicting signs, constructed action and various clauses for a range of language functions, such as interaction, narration or description
Elaborations
recognising signs that function as interjections or discourse markers
understanding the difference between definite and indefinite reference and how Auslan shows this distinction
noticing how to use modal verbs and NMFs to express possibility, obligation and ability (MIGHT, SHOULD)
recognising that conditional forms have a main and dependent clause and associated NMFs
identifying coordinated clauses showing causation and describing how it is shown, for example:
PRO3 STUDY-hard BECAUSE WANT EXAM MARKS GOOD
recognising how emphasis in sentences can be changed by reordering clauses or parts of clauses
recognising that the presence of CA or DSs affects how a clause is structured
