2nd L (F–10) 3-4
Understanding
Role of language and culture - Elaboration 7
- exploring culture as an essential part of human life, understanding that
it is shared, passed on between generations and is closely connected to language
and to identity
- understanding that culture is more than the visible aspects of people’s lives,
that it also includes invisible elements such as beliefs and values, how people
think about themselves and others, how they relate to their social and physical
environments, and how this understanding applies to themselves as users of their
first language and as learners of Auslan
- recognising that in each culture there are general rules for what to say and
do, when, where and with whom, and that these rules differ from culture to
culture, for example, the Deaf culture places greater importance on eye contact
than cultures that communicate through spoken languages
- recognising that language reflects values and beliefs, for example in
expressions of personal identity or in the recognition of others (sameness and
difference), for example by identifying deaf family members as part of
introductions, and by relaying cultural information about background and context
and shared knowledge when interacting with others