1st L (F–10) 9-10
Communicating

Socialising - Elaboration 1

- competing in inter-class or inter-school debates, using appropriate conventions and protocols to support or oppose a proposition, for example, using space and NMFs to contrast views

- contributing to exchanges with peers and teachers when discussing their personal, educational and professional future wishes

- participating in role-plays on social and cultural issues, for example, the role of interpreters or the impact of social media

- communicating using digital technologies to chat with a student from another school, for example about the influence of ‘text talk’ and social media on Auslan, such as the use of signs for LOL, WHATEVER

- participating in a whole-school forum on current school or community issues

- communicating via video calls or social media platforms with other deaf children in different contexts to build relationships and exchange views on topics of mutual interest

- using strategies to initiate and sustain discussion, for example by providing the context of a conversation to new participants:

PRO3 SAY…
She was saying that …
(* Auslan video example on this is in the ACARA website)