2nd Language (F-10)

Years 3 - 4 Level
Understanding Language and Culture

UNDERSTANDING SYSTEMS OF LANGUAGE

Students learn to:

• (U1) recognise and use modelled combinations of signs such as handshape, orientation, location, movement (HOLM) and non-manual features (NMFs) to form signed words and phrases AC9L2AU4U01

• (U2) recognise Auslan language conventions, grammatical structures and basic syntax in familiar texts and contexts AC9L2AU4U02

• (U3) recognise familiar Auslan structures and features and compare with those of English, in known contexts AC9L2AU4U03

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UNDERSTANDING THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND IDENTITY

Students learn to:

• (U4) identify connections between Auslan, cultural practices and identity AC9L2AU4U04