1st L (Yr 7 Entry) 9-10
Understanding

Systems of language - Elaboration 4

- identifying differences in different types of texts, for example by looking at a monologic recount compared to a dialogic one, and noticing differences such as the use of back-channels or hesitations

- conducting an analysis of a selected sign text, taking into account audience, purpose and topic to explain language choices made by the signer

- noticing how signers can compare or contrast ideas by locating things in the same or opposing sides of signing space

- noticing how signers achieve textual cohesion and coherence through the use of connectives that create links between clauses, for example BUT and G:WELL

- identifying where signers have established referents in locations in a text and noticing how this helps the audience to recognise who or what the referents are (actor and undergoer)

- noticing how signers construct cohesive and coherent texts through the use of text connectives such as lexical signs NEXT or G:WELL or NMFs and pausing