K–10Auslan K–10 Syllabus
The new Auslan K–10 Syllabus (2023) is to be implemented from 2026.
2024 and 2025 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2024 and 2025 – Option to start teaching
2026 – Start teaching new syllabus for schools that choose to offer Auslan:
- within a K–6 language program
- for the mandatory 100 hours of language study in Years 7–10
- as Stage 5 language elective
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Stage 5
- AU5-INT-01
exchanges information, opinions, ideas and perspectives by manipulating linguistic structures and using protocols appropriate for different audiences
Content is provided for:
- Additional: students learning Auslan as an additional language
- Prior learning/experience: students learning Auslan with knowledge and/or experience from in or outside the classroom
- First: students learning Auslan as their first language.
Exchange information, opinions, ideas and/or perspectives
Communicate about personal interests and broader issues relating to the Deaf community with peers, teachers and different audiences
Exchange information, opinions, ideas and/or perspectives
Discuss issues of personal and/or social significance and build relationships with peers and/or members of the community
Exchange information, opinions, ideas and/or perspectives in interactions involving advocacy and consideration of cultural diversity, perspective and experience
Discuss personal aspirations, perspectives or social issues using formal and informal registers in interactions with peers and the wider community to build relationships
Use smooth fingerspelling in planned and some spontaneous interactions
Use constructed action to represent multiple characters
Modify indicating verbs for non-present referents
Use more complex entity depicting signs
Use non-manual features to mark manner on verbs, express negation and for topicalisation and conditional forms
Fingerspell longer words and lexicalised words fluently and make appropriate adjustments to handshapes and movements
Identify efficient fingerspelling techniques and evaluate effectiveness of own techniques
Demonstrate understanding of iconicity by experimenting with the visual connection in Auslan to adapt meaning
Identify the elements of a sign which are arbitrary or meaningful
Use a range of manual and non-manual features simultaneously in constructed action and regular signing, representing multiple characters and perspectives
Switch between both character and observer space
Use body partitioning
Use fingerspelling effectively in a range of interactions and adjust style and pace to suit the audience
Apply complex linguistic structures specific to Auslan in formal and informal interactions
Use non-manual prosodic features to create emphasis or other effect
Alternate between methods of depiction (constructed action, depicting signs and lexical signs) and frames of spatial reference (character or observer)
Interact using appropriate strategies to gain and maintain attention and hand over to another signer
Adjust communication methods to communicate with peers, teachers and/or members of the Deaf community
Interact appropriately by adjusting language when necessary
Use a range of appropriate protocols when interacting with peers, teachers and/or members of the Deaf community
Use culturally appropriate protocols and strategies to initiate and sustain communication
Consider how intercultural communication involves shared responsibility for making meaning