2nd L (F–10) 7-8
Communicating

 Socialising - Elaboration 2

- working in pairs or small groups to design and create visual resources that promote Auslan as an important area of study

- brainstorming, planning and working together to advertise and present an intercultural event for their year-level peers

- working collaboratively to create instructional or procedural texts for younger learners

- preparing for the visit of a member of the Deaf community, discussing how to ensure effective communication between the visitor and deaf and hearing members of the class

- providing feedback on completed events or activities, exchanging reflections such as:

FIRST PRO1 DOUBT I-F WILL GO-WELL, HAVE-A-LOOK GO-ALONG GOOD
At the start, I wasn’t sure it would work, but after a while I thought it went well.
PRO1 WRONG NEVER AGAIN DO SAME
I won’t do that ever again.
(* Auslan video example on this is in the ACARA website)

- problem-solving around collaborative activities such as website design, science experiments or model-building, using wh- questions such as:

WHY FAIL WHY?
Why isn’t it working?
WHO THINK CAN FIX?
Who thinks they can fix it?
FINISH, NEXT WHAT?
What do we do next after we finish this?
(* Auslan video example on this is in the ACARA website)

- giving directions for outdoor activities such as an obstacle course or bushwalk, including expressions such as:

HAVE DS:round-oval FIRST RUN DS:draw-line THEN STOP. NEXT CLIMB DS:climb-over DS:land-on-feet THEN CRAWL DS:crawl-under-flat-thing
There’s a big oval. First you will run along one side of it. Then stop at the wall. Next you will climb over the wall then crawl under the net.
(* Auslan video example on this is in the ACARA website)