Auslan: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Foundation to Level 2 / Communicating / Socialising
Content description
Participate in simple interactions with their peers and teachers using high-frequency signs, non-manual features and gestures to talk about self, family and class activities
Elaborations
using greetings and farewells following modelled signs such as HELLO, HOW-ARE-YOU? SEE LATER, GOOD MORNING M-R J-O-N-E-S
asking and answering questions that require an affirmative or negative response, for example:
WANT PLAY HIDE-AND-SEEK?
Do you want to play hide and seek?
PRO2 ALIGHT?
Are you alright?
asking and answering simple questions about family, friends and pets, such as:
PRO2 BIRD HAVE PRO2?
Do you have a bird?
PRO1 DON’T-HAVE
I don’t have one.
SISTER-BROTHER HOW MANY?
How many brothers and sisters do you have?
2 BROTHER 1 SISTER
Two brothers and one sister.
describing the appearance of people or objects using simple statements and supporting pictures or props, for example:
PRO3 HAVE DS:curly-hair
He has curly hair.
THAT HORSE BIG
The horse is big.
expressing likes and dislikes using simple statements such as:
PRO1 LIKE SCHOOL
I like school.
FLOWER DON’T-LIKE
I don’t like flowers.
PRO1 HATE APPLES
I hate apples.
expressing feelings using lexical signs and affective NMFs, for example:
PRO1 HAPPY
I’m happy.
PRO3 GRUMPY
She’s grumpy.
expressing wishes for particular occasions or events, for example, THANK-YOU, GOOD-LUCK or HAPPY BIRTHDAY
making arrangements using simple time markers without numeral incorporation, for example, TODAY, TOMORROW, NEXT-WEEK
referring to family members and classmates by fingerspelling a name or using a sign name
describing what they are doing in class activities using plain verbs, for example, PRO1 RUN, PRO1 READ
The VCAA has recently published the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0. To view the revised curriculum, familiarisation resources and support material, go to the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 website.