Auslan: Second Language Learner 7–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Communicating / Translating
Content description
Translate and interpret short texts from Auslan to English and vice versa, noticing which concepts translate easily and which do not
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
identifying and comparing key signs and words in Auslan and English versions of familiar texts such as short stories or fairytales on the Auslan Storybooks website, noticing how signs can convey rich, multilayered meaning which might not have a direct match in English
shadowing a story in Auslan as a pre-interpreting skill, noticing which phrases and concepts need more unpacking
demonstrating the use of Signbank, for example by using it to look up various meanings of the word ‘run’, comparing variations in signs for the concept in different contexts, and using it to translate Auslan into English and vice versa
translating simple filmed texts in Auslan into written English captions
sight translating short English texts such as news articles or short speeches into Auslan for review by their peers
considering the bimodal nature of Auslan–English interpreting and discussing the possibility of consecutive and simultaneous interpreting of information in communicative exchanges
