Auslan: First Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Foundation to Level 2 / Understanding / Role of language and culture
Content description
Understand that people use language in ways that reflect their culture, such as where and how they live, who they live with and what is important to them
Elaborations
recognising that people from different places and backgrounds may use different languages and have ways of living and communicating that differ from their own
appreciating that culture and cultural difference means that people may value different things or live differently, and noticing observable examples of such difference, such as ways of greeting (bowing versus shaking hands) or conveying information (through words versus signs)
exploring how hearing people live in ways that may be different from how deaf people live, for example by responding to stimuli such as: Compare how deaf and hearing people know someone is at the front door. or How do deaf and hearing people wake up in the morning?
recognising the importance of facial expression, eye gaze and non-manual features in conveying information in a visual-gestural language and culture
recognising the importance of language, community and culture in relation to their own lives and in relation to other language groups and their communities
considering how some spaces make deaf people feel comfortable, for example, contexts where distance between signers allows for easy visual access
