2nd L (Yr 7 Entry) 7-8
Understanding

 Systems of language - Elaboration 2

- describing the range of signing space in normal signed discourse

- recognising that non-body-anchored nouns can be located in space and identifying instances of this

- comparing and contrasting Auslan and English pronouns, in particular noticing that Auslan pronouns don’t show gender but they can show location and a specific number of referents, for example, WE2 (inclusive) and WE3 (inclusive) or WE2-NOT-INCLUDING-YOU (exclusive)

- discussing the functions of different pointing signs, such as pronouns, determiners, locatives

- noticing that enacting a role or modifying the beginning and end locations of some verbs can show the referents involved, for example:

PRO1 ASK PRO3 versus PRO1 ASK-her
PRO3 ASK-me CA:I-was-shocked
(* Auslan video example on this is in the ACARA website)

- identifying what sorts of things can be represented in a DS by a particular handshape, for example a distant person, pole or tree can be represented by a point handshape, and a cylinder can be traced by a C handshape

- identifying examples of DSs in an Auslan text, and recognising that handshape and movement represent different things in each type of DS, for example:

entity DSs: the handshape is an object or person, and the movement is the movement or location of that object or person
handling DSs: the handshape represents a person’s hands touching or moving another object, and the movement shows how the hands move
SASS DSs: the handshape and movement outline the shape or size of something