Auslan: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 3 and 4 / Communicating / Socialising
Content description
Respond to questions, directions and requests, using non-manual features and simple questions and statements to ask for help, to indicate understanding or agreement and to negotiate turn-taking
Elaborations
responding to classroom instructions such as
PLEASE WITH-2++ DS:sit-opposite
Please find a partner and sit opposite each other.
DS:line-up PLEASE
Line up, please.
LOOK-AT-me
Look to the front.
attracting attention or asking for help, repetition or clarification, for example:
PLEASE HELP-me?
Can you help me, please?
PLEASE AGAIN SIGN
Please sign that again.
PLEASE EXPLAIN-toself AGAIN
Please explain that again.
WHAT MEAN?
What do you mean?
PRO2 MEAN…?
Do you mean …?
negotiating turn-taking, for example:
PRO1 FIRST YOUR-TURN
It’s my turn first, then your turn.
using back-channels, for example, head nodding to indicate understanding, or raised eyebrows or head shaking to indicate lack of understanding
gaining the attention of a group or an individual, for example by flashing classroom lights, waving or multiple tapping or tapping or pointing to alert third parties
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.
