AC9L2AU6U03

Elaborations

• AC9L2AU6U03_E1<p>keeping a class poster to record different ways that English words are borrowed in Auslan, for example, the use of fully fingerspelled words, such as </p><p class="ausltrans">FS:NOUN</p><p>, the fingerspelling of the first letter of corresponding English words, for example, </p><p class="ausltrans">FS:F</p><p> for <em>father</em>, or abbreviations of English words, for example, state names such as </p><p class="ausltrans">FS:SA, TAS</p>
• AC9L2AU6U03_E2building metalanguage to comment on grammar and vocabulary, for example, comparing adverbs used to express emotions in Auslan such as raising an eyebrow to show questioning or lowering the eyebrows to show surprise with equivalent English terms
• AC9L2AU6U03_E3recognising that Auslan signs have been influenced by international signed languages, in a similar way to English borrowing words from other languages
• AC9L2AU6U03_E4identifying and comparing features of particular types of Auslan and English texts, for example, comparing language that expresses emotion in a narrative text
• AC9L2AU6U03_E5analysing samples of types of text noticing choices signers have made in the production of their text, for example, the amount of CAs they use
• AC9L2AU6U03_E6comparing the use of gestures across signed and spoken languages and discussing similarities and differences