1st
L (F–10) 5_6
Understanding
Systems of Language
- Elaboration 1
- describing a sign’s form in terms of handshape, hand arrangement,
orientation, movement and location
- identifying some iconic signs and considering how they are iconic
- identifying, demonstrating and describing the various types of NMFs: movements
of the eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, shoulders and body
- noticing that, in a stretch of connected signing, a sign will often be
produced differently to the way it is shown in a dictionary
- understanding that many features of signed languages occur simultaneously,
compared to spoken language features which typically occur sequentially
- recognising that some signs can occur with a standard mouth gesture and that
these are sometimes called multi-channel signs
- identifying and classifying examples of DSs and CA in a video text using video
annotation software, for example, ELAN
- ‘reading’ a glossed text, including interpreting the markings that show how a
sign is modified in space, NMFs, DSs and examples of CA
- glossing a text with support, identifying what signs are used, any NMFs, and
using a system of recording handshapes when describing DSs