Auslan: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Communicating / Socialising
Content description
Interact with peers at school and contacts in the wider community to build relationships, engage in debate and to discuss aspirations or social issues
Elaborations
explaining or justifying positions in discussion or debate, for example, by using space and NMFs to contrast views
elaborating on opinions in relation to social, community or educational matters, for example, exchanging views on a newspaper article about eugenics and deaf people
using researched information to contribute to formal group interactions, for example, panel discussions on issues such as the roles and responsibilities of interpreters
creating hypothetical situations to contextualise a discussion or debate, for example:
PRETEND PRO2 DEAF….
Pretend that you’re deaf …
I-F PRO2 BOSS WILL CHANGE WHAT?
What would you change if you were boss?
communicating via video calls or social media platforms using Auslan in different online contexts to build relationships and share views
using strategies to initiate and support discussion, for example by providing the context of a conversation to a new participant:
PRO3 SAY…
She was saying that …
demonstrating awareness of social sensitivities or conventions, for example by using euphemistic signs or allusions, such as TOILET, BIRTH
using complex sentence structures to discuss current affairs or to justify a position in relation to issues of interest to their group, for example, gender equity, conservation or social media
