1st
L (Yr 7 Entry) 9-10
Understanding
Language variation and change
- Elaboration 5
- recognising that there is a greater degree of flexibility and variability
in ‘oral’ languages such as Auslan that only exist in face-to-face form,
compared to spoken languages that are written down and that are passed on from
parents to children
- understanding that other signed languages such as BSL, ISL and ASL have
influenced Auslan over different periods of time
- recognising that languages constantly expand to include new words, signs and
expressions due to influences such as changing technologies and digital media,
for example, COMPUTER, COMPUTER-MOUSE, INTERNET, FACEBOOK, WIFI, SELFIE
- interviewing older members of Deaf families or Deaf communities and reporting
back to the class about any differences in signing they noticed, such as more
use of fingerspelled words, less use of NMFs and depicting signs, or the use of
different signs, such as FILM (old sign), TOILET (old sign)
- understanding that greater contact between signers internationally has led to
increased borrowing between sign languages, for example, signs that refer to
different nation states and cities around the globe, or the vehicle handshape in
depicting signs