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
