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