2nd L (F–10) 3-4
Communicating
Reflecting
- Elaboration 11
- reflecting on similarities and differences between ways of communicating
in Auslan and in their first language in different social situations, for
example, when greeting/leave-taking; introducing people; and using body
language, facial expression and eye contact
- comparing their own and each other’s reflections on the experience of learning
and communicating in Auslan, and considering whether their attitudes or
understandings have changed through this experience
- reflecting on similarities and differences in communication that reflect
culture, such as visual ways of being among deaf people and ways of sharing
storytelling or jokes
- reflecting on the need for sustained eye contact when using Auslan in order to
understand a message and before teacher instructions can proceed
- reflecting on differences in forms of address in signed and spoken languages,
for example, not using a person’s name when signing directly to them, unlike the
common use of names in Australian English/other languages
- identifying assumptions that they bring to the experience of learning Auslan
and considering how these may change through the learning experience