2nd L (F–10) 9-10
Understanding

 Systems of language - Elaboration 4

- analysing specific types of text by identifying characteristic language features

- analysing a videoed class debate to see how language is used to justify opinions and persuade others

- conducting an in-depth analysis of a selected sign text, taking into account audience, purpose and topic to explain language choices made by the signer

- noticing how grammatical choices can shade meaning, determine perspective and establish relationship, for example the effect of choosing to be more or less English-like

- expanding understanding of textual conventions, for example by explaining why signers choose alternatives to actor-verb-undergoer in a real text to topicalise an important point

- noticing how signers can compare or contrast ideas by locating things in the same or opposing sides of signing space

- analysing the ways in which Auslan uses NMFs to link clauses and achieve textual cohesion