2nd
L (Yr 7 Entry) 9-10
Communicating
Socialising
Socialise and exchange views on selected issues using different communication
strategies, language structures and techniques
[Key concepts: issues, debate, discussion, interaction; Key processes:
explaining, debating, justifying, code-switching] -
Elaboration 1
Engage in various collaborative tasks that involve making decisions, solving
problems and evaluating progress
[Key concepts: responsibility, evaluation, discussion; Key processes:
problem-solving, planning, evaluating, managing] -
Elaboration 2
Interact appropriately with the teaching team, peers and members of the Deaf
community, adjusting language when necessary and demonstrating understanding of
appropriate protocols in and out of the classroom
[Key concepts: protocol, behaviour, communication; Key processes: demonstrating,
gaining attention, back-channelling, clarifying] -
Elaboration 3
Informing
Engage with a range of signed texts to locate and evaluate information, infer or
interpret meaning and to present key points in new forms
[Key concepts: information, data collection, issues; Key processes:
interviewing, observing, rephrasing, summarising] -
Elaboration 4
Preparing and presenting information on different issues, events, people,
procedures or experiences, using signed descriptions and visual prompts to
inform, report, promote, explain or invite action
[Key concepts: biography, commentary, procedure, action; Key processes:
presenting, describing, explaining, researching, composing, inviting action] -
Elaboration 5
Creating
Respond to different types of creative texts that involve the expression of
feelings or experiences, comparing their responses to different elements and
making connections with their own experience
[Key concepts: Deaf experience, expression, cultural values, effect, emotion;
Key processes: analysing, evaluating, profiling] -
Elaboration 6
Create and present entertaining individual or collaborative texts that reflect
imagined people, places or experiences and draw from elements of their own life
experience
[Key concepts: improvisation, stimulus, performance, humour, tension,
interpretation; Key processes: improvising, performing, role-playing, creating,
interpreting] -
Elaboration 7
Translating
Translate and interpret different types of familiar texts and consider the
effectiveness of examples of different translations, considering the role of
culture when transferring meaning from one language to another
[Key concepts: equivalence, translation, meaning, interpretation, ethics,
culture; Key processes: translating, interpreting, comparing, researching,
exploring, developing] -
Elaboration 8
Create, develop and resource bilingual texts for use in the wider school
community
[Key concepts: bilingualism, translation, meaning, representation, information;
Key processes: translating, composing, comparing, creating, developing] -
Elaboration 9
Identity
Recognise that the concept of identity is complex, dynamic and diverse, and
consider how students learn more about their own identity through the
exploration of other languages and cultures
[Key concepts: identity, perception, representation, difference; Key processes:
investigating, comparing, evaluating, creating, analysing] -
Elaboration 10
Reflecting
Reflect on the experience of learning and using Auslan and how the experience is
influenced by their own languages and cultures, and consider how intercultural
communication involves shared responsibility for making meaning
[Key concepts: intercultural communication, perspective, making meaning,
inclusion, exclusion, audism, insider, outsider; Key processes: analysing,
explaining, reflecting, considering] -
Elaboration 11