1st Language (F-10)

Years 9 - 10 Level
Understanding Language and Culture

UNDERSTANDING SYSTEMS OF LANGUAGE

Students learn to:

• (U1) apply features and conventions of sign production to extend fluency in response to a range of contexts, purposes and audiences AC9L1AU10U01

• (U2) apply knowledge of grammatical structures and features to predict meaning and compose a range of texts that contain complex structures and ideas AC9L1AU10U02

• (U3) reflect on and evaluate Auslan texts, using metalanguage to analyse language structures and features AC9L1AU10U03

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UNDERSTANDING THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND IDENTITY

Students learn to:

• (U4) reflect on and evaluate how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), attitudes, beliefs and values, and how these affect ways of communicating AC9L1AU10U04