1st
L (F–10) 7-8
Communicating
Socialising
Initiate and sustain interactions to share ideas and interests, report on
experiences, offer opinions and connect with events in their school and local
community
[Key concepts: ideas, interests, community, issues; Key processes: comparing,
contrasting, discussing, expressing] -
Elaboration 1
Engage in collaborative activities that involve planning, project design,
problem-solving and evaluation of events or activities
[Key concepts: project design, procedure, direction; Key processes: creating,
showcasing, reporting, evaluating] -
Elaboration 2
Use interactions to support discussion and debate and to demonstrate culturally
appropriate behaviours in and beyond the classroom
[Key concepts: protocol, debate, role, feedback; Key processes: debating,
clarifying, eliciting, evaluating] -
Elaboration 3
Informing
Investigate and synthesise information collected from a range of perspectives
and sources, identifying how culture and context affect how information is
presented
[Key concepts: perspective, culture, context, source, representation; Key
processes: researching, comparing, critically reviewing, profiling, summarising]
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Elaboration 4
Exchange/provide information, opinions and experiences in either formal or
informal contexts
[Key concepts: debate, persuasive text, perspective, critical review; Key
processes: summarising, comparing, evaluating] -
Elaboration 5
Creating
Interpret a range of texts that involve the creative expression of emotions or
ideas and the imaginative representation of people, events and cultural
experiences
[Key concepts: imagination, representation, characterisation, artistic practice,
Deaf experience; Key processes: paraphrasing, evaluating, exploring, analysing,
profiling, shadowing] -
Elaboration 6
Create imaginative and expressive texts that draw from their experience as
Auslan users and members of the Deaf community and which support the experience
of younger learners
[Key concepts: Deaf experience, emotional expression, signed theatre, signed
space; Key processes: composing, performing, creating, re-creating] -
Elaboration 7
Translating
Translate and interpret unfamiliar texts in Auslan or English and compare their
translation to those of their classmates, considering why there might be
differences in interpretation and how language reflects elements of culture and
experience
[Key concepts: equivalence, representation, meaning, interpretation; Key
processes: translating, interpreting, creating, paraphrasing, summarising,
shadowing, comparing, explaining, role-playing] -
Elaboration 8
Create bilingual texts to use in the wider school community, identifying
words/signs or expressions that carry specific cultural meaning in either Auslan
or English
[Key concepts: equivalence, interpretation; Key processes: creating, captioning,
transcribing] -
Elaboration 9
Identity
Explore the relationship between identity, community and visual ways of being
and the nature and significance of relationship between people, culture and
place/space
[Key concepts: identity, relationship, Deafhood, place, space, responsibility,
ownership, Deaf gain, story, guidance; Key processes: comparing, describing,
exploring, discussing, investigating] -
Elaboration 10
Reflecting
Participate in and reflect on intercultural interactions and experiences, for
example by considering and comparing their responses and strategies when
engaging with hearing people
[Key concepts: intercultural experience, ways of knowing and being,
discrimination; Key processes: comparing, analysing, explaining, reflecting,
exploring] -
Elaboration 11