1st Language - Year 7 Entry (7-10)

Years 9 - 10 Level
Understanding Language and Culture

UNDERSTANDING SYSTEMS OF LANGUAGE

Students learn to:

• (U1) apply features of Auslan sign production including handshape, orientation, location and movement (HOLM), and non-manual features (NMFs), and show how these are represented in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts AC9L1AU10EU01

• (U2) select and use structures and features of the Auslan grammatical system to enhance meaning and create signed, visual and multimodal texts AC9L1AU10EU02

• (U3) reflect on and evaluate Auslan texts, using metalanguage to discuss language structures and features AC9L1AU10EU03

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UNDERSTANDING THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND IDENTITY

Students learn to:

• (U4) reflect on and explain how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), attitudes, beliefs and values, and how these affect ways of communicating AC9L1AU10EU04