1st L (F–10) 5_6
Understanding

Systems of Language - Elaboration 1

- describing a sign’s form in terms of handshape, hand arrangement, orientation, movement and location

- identifying some iconic signs and considering how they are iconic

- identifying, demonstrating and describing the various types of NMFs: movements of the eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, shoulders and body

- noticing that, in a stretch of connected signing, a sign will often be produced differently to the way it is shown in a dictionary

- understanding that many features of signed languages occur simultaneously, compared to spoken language features which typically occur sequentially

- recognising that some signs can occur with a standard mouth gesture and that these are sometimes called multi-channel signs

- identifying and classifying examples of DSs and CA in a video text using video annotation software, for example, ELAN

- ‘reading’ a glossed text, including interpreting the markings that show how a sign is modified in space, NMFs, DSs and examples of CA

- glossing a text with support, identifying what signs are used, any NMFs, and using a system of recording handshapes when describing DSs