Auslan: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Foundation to Level 2 / Communicating / Translating
Content description
Translate words used in everyday contexts from Auslan into English and vice versa
Elaborations
recognising that every language uses words or signs to make meaning
identifying aspects of Auslan which are the same in English, such as the fingerspelled alphabet
comparing and contrasting the iconicity of some simple signs in terms of their similarity to the object/referent, for example, drink, food, kangaroo, considering how this may help with translation between languages
explaining to family and friends the meaning and use of simple signs and expressions, for example, DOG, CAT, BIRD
