2nd L (F–10)
3-4
Communicating
Translating
- Elaboration 8
- participating in shared reading of texts such as the Auslan–English
versions of ‘The Wrong Book’ and answering questions about unfamiliar signs and
word/sign matches and mismatches in the text
- identifying and comparing key signs and words in Auslan and English versions
of favourite stories, for example, ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and ‘The Old Woman
Who Swallowed a Fly’, noticing how signs can represent concepts which might not
have a direct match in English
- translating popular children’s songs into Auslan, for example, ‘Happy
Birthday’
- playing matching-pair games with Auslan sign-image flashcards and English
flashcards, for example, matching cards associated with weather or animals in
both languages
- collecting and noting a list of gestures commonly used by hearing people when
speaking English that have similar meaning when used in Auslan, for example,
head nodding, shoulder shrugging, pointing to watch