2nd L (F–10) 9-10
Understanding
Systems of language - Elaboration 4
- analysing specific types of text by identifying characteristic language
features
- analysing a videoed class debate to see how language is used to justify
opinions and persuade others
- conducting an in-depth analysis of a selected sign text, taking into account
audience, purpose and topic to explain language choices made by the signer
- noticing how grammatical choices can shade meaning, determine perspective and
establish relationship, for example the effect of choosing to be more or less
English-like
- expanding understanding of textual conventions, for example by explaining why
signers choose alternatives to actor-verb-undergoer in a real text to topicalise
an important point
- noticing how signers can compare or contrast ideas by locating things in the
same or opposing sides of signing space
- analysing the ways in which Auslan uses NMFs to link clauses and achieve
textual cohesion