2nd Language - Year 7 Entry (7-10)

Years 9 - 10 Level
Description

In Years 9 and 10, Auslan learning builds on each student's prior learning and experiences. Students use Auslan to initiate and sustain interactions while sharing their own and others' experiences of the world. They sign and view to communicate with other users of Auslan through community and online events. First-language and second-language learners may support each other in their literacy development. Students may raise awareness of, and facilitate class involvement in, Deaf community events. They continue to receive guidance, modelling, feedback and support.

Students use authentic and purpose-developed resources, increasingly of their own choice, to access and/or create a range of signed, visual and multimodal texts which may include magazines, online and print articles, social media, textbooks and video clips. First-language learners may source texts and other resources from the Deaf community to share with peers. Students acknowledge that language and culture shape identity and that these influences can shape their own behaviours, beliefs and values.