2nd L (F–10) 5-6
Communicating

 Socialising - Elaboration 3

- responding to signed class and school announcements such as assembly procedures

- showing agreement or disagreement or asking for clarification, for example:

PRO1 AGREE
I agree.
PRO1 AGREE-NOT
I don’t agree …
THAT RIGHT THAT?
Is that right?
…RIGHT PRO1?
… am I right?
(* Auslan video example on this is in the ACARA website)

- using discourse markers in conversation to indicate understanding, attention or consideration, for example:

SURPRISE
oooh (with appropriate intonation)
INCREDIBLE
No way!
WOW
Wow!
UM
um
(* Auslan video example on this is in the ACARA website)

- respecting protocols for interrupting conversations, for example by walking between signers, waiting for eye contact and pauses in signing and using language such as EXCUSE or SORRY INTERRUPT

- monitoring their own and each other’s learning, for example by making comments such as:

SURPRISE KNOW-NOT PRO1
I didn’t know that …
THANKYOU PRO2 EXPLAIN CLEAR
Thank you – that was really clear.
(* Auslan video example on this is in the ACARA website)

- following appropriate protocols when interacting with interpreters, for example not standing between the interpreter and the deaf person

- using non-auditory ways of signalling enjoyment, support or encouragement in large group or audience activities, for example, by foot stomping at a deaf basketball game