Auslan: First Language Learner 7–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Communicating / Socialising
Content description
Communicate clearly in different classroom interactions and contexts, demonstrating appropriate protocols when communicating with each other, teachers and deaf people
Elaborations
responding to multistep classroom instructions, for example:
IN YOUR COMPUTER FINISH CLICK-ON ELAN
Log in to your computer and then click on ELAN.
asking for repetition or clarification, for example:
THAT RIGHT THAT?
Is that right?
PRO1 DON’T-UNDERSTAND
I don’t get it.
negotiating turn-taking by using visual or tactile methods in taking or yielding a turn, for example:
PRO2 FIRST NEXT-TURN-around-circle
You go first then we’ll take turns around the group.
using NMFs such as raised eyebrows to indicate interest, or head tilt to indicate lack of understanding
initiating protocols within the classroom such as:
gaining group attention through flashing lights, tapping, foot stomping and waving
maintaining eye gaze and back-channelling
positioning seating to keep visual communication clear, for example, sitting across from signers when communicating
following protocols and using appropriate language when using or accessing an interpreter, for example:
SIT THERE PLEASE CAN YOU?
Can you sit there, please?
following protocols for interrupting others, such as waiting for pauses in conversations and eye contact, or by using language such as:
