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
