Auslan: First Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Communicating / Creating
Content description
Analyse different types of imaginative, creative and performative texts, considering how different techniques and modalities are employed to communicate with different audiences
Elaborations
analysing examples of signed performance poetry, identifying patterns and conventions such as repetition of handshapes and movement paths of signs to create rhyme and to convey meaning
interpreting visual representations of Deaf experience, including the use of metaphors, perspectives, colours and textures in visual art forms such as sculpture, painting, photography, printmaking or ceramics
responding to forms of Deaf art that challenge perceptions and stimulate discussion, such as the work of Christine Sun Kim or members of the Australian Theatre of the Deaf or Deafinitely
comparing responses to imaginative texts that present particular values or points of view, for example, Deaf slam poetry
reflecting on the multilayered dimension of signed narrative, identifying how dynamic handshapes, facial expressions and body movements provide simultaneous narrative, commentary and emotional expression
comparing different recordings of signed storytelling, for example of young children making up stories or older people telling traditional tales, noticing differences in their language
comparing their interpretations of/responses to performances by deaf comedians, storytellers or poets
viewing and reviewing media texts that use aesthetic, artistic or realistic techniques to interpret and communicate dimensions of the Deaf experience, for example the documentary Deaf Jam (2011)
exploring the use of technology in Deaf art, film or performance, for example to help build mood or emotional expression
identifying relationships between elements such as imagery or signed sequences in texts such as ballads, free verse or narratives, for example by working with Auslan translations of Shakespearean texts
responding to signed poems that use extended metaphor to communicate values and ideas or to express emotional experience, for example, ‘Butterfly Hands’ by Walter Kadiki
comparing the visual nature of signed narratives with oral traditions of Indigenous cultures
analysing responses of hearing audiences to deaf performances, for example by evaluating comments made by judges on reality/talent television shows
discussing the complexity of live theatre performance interpretation and the use of deaf interpreters and consultants
creating highly complex narratives combining and switching between ways of reference, for example, CA, DS, lexical signs and frames of spatial reference
