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Elaborations

• AC9L2AU8U04_E1exploring the impact of personal biography on identity and communication with peers, including family origins, traditions, beliefs, practices, interests and experiences, and creating a visual representation with signed captions
• AC9L2AU8U04_E2reflecting on how contemporary values about technology impacts young people and their use of language in Auslan, and in written English formats
• AC9L2AU8U04_E3presenting to the class or school assembly on the impact of learning Auslan on their perceptions, understanding and attitudes towards Deaf culture and people
• AC9L2AU8U04_E4reflecting on how First Nations Australians’ languages have strong connections to Country/Place and how these can be compared with language variation and sense of place and space in the Deaf community
• AC9L2AU8U04_E5explaining the relationship between culture, ways of thinking, and language, and comparing the cultural concept of Deaf identity with own concept of identity
• AC9L2AU8U04_E6explaining how the visibility of signers in the media and communication has increased awareness of the Deaf community
• AC9L2AU8U04_E7researching and presenting profiles of the roles, influences and/or achievements of Deaf organisations, leaders and individuals in the Deaf community, in advocating for the Deaf community
• AC9L2AU8U04_E8reflecting on how school events such as ‘International Day’ or ‘Harmony Day’ raise awareness of the diversity of languages and cultures represented in their school
• AC9L2AU8U04_E9analysing how concepts related to cultural practices and identity are valued, for example, by identifying elements of naming systems such as the use of pointing, NMFs and name signs
• AC9L2AU8U04_E10researching the status and recognition of signed languages in other countries, considering issues such as language rights, documentation and development efforts