Auslan: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Foundation to Level 2 / Understanding / Language awareness
Content description
Recognise that Auslan is a legitimate language, one of many languages used in Australia and around the world
Elaborations
identifying different languages used by their classmates or members of their families, for example by creating a class profile or language map
exploring similarities and differences between the many languages used in Australia and represented in the school, including spoken and signed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, and comparing the ways different languages use writing, sound/speech, gestures, drawings, art and signs to communicate
recognising the unique nature of signed languages and understanding that there are many different signed languages in use around the world, including in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and that there is not one ‘universal’ signed language
recognising that Auslan is a legitimate language, different from mime and gestures such as those used to accompany songs in spoken languages
exploring why and how some people are deaf, and identifying different ways that they access language; and investigating the use of hearing aids, FM systems or cochlear implants
