K–10Auslan K–10 Syllabus (2023)
The new Auslan K–10 Syllabus (2023) is to be implemented from 2026.
2025 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2025 – Option to start teaching
2026 – Start teaching the 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. Schools may choose to implement the new syllabus during the planning and preparation phase.
Content
Stage 5
- AU5-CRE-01
creates informative and imaginative texts for different contexts and audiences using complex linguistic structures
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 Loading .
Use a range of vocabulary to communicate on concrete topics
Identify and use the 3 types of Loading
Identify how signers establish Loading
Use increasingly complex Loading including conjoining clauses and composite clauses
Describe and use a variety of Loading for a range of purposes
Explore the types of Loading in Loading
Set up and maintain Loading in Loading to build Loading in texts
Communicate about aspirations and social issues
Use more complex Loading
Use signing space, including character and observer space, appropriately for different types of texts
Apply complex linguistic structures by combining depicting signs, Loading and clause types for a variety of contexts
Explore metaphorical iconicity
Modify Loading for non-present referents with increasing accuracy across a text
Recognise complex Loading features used by signers to create cohesion and achieve the purpose of a text
Share aspirations and discuss different perspectives of current social issues
Explain perceptual and articulatory reasons for the structure of signs
Apply complex linguistic structures, including main and subordinate clauses for a variety of contexts
Analyse how iconicity can be used to create metaphors
Identify and use characteristic text type features and language choices regarding purpose and Loading
Use a range of forms and functions for control of complex elements of text construction and sign formation
Loading informative and imaginative texts drawing on their own life experience
Create bilingual texts for their school and wider school communities
Create informative, imaginative and persuasive texts on familiar topics
Create bilingual texts for different purposes and audiences including those to Loading cultural aspects of Auslan
Create a range of informative, imaginative and persuasive texts for different audiences
Create a Loading text that incorporates depicting signs, constructed action and changes in close and distant focus
Create a text that requires interpreting, with notes to indicate emphasis and to clarify meaning
Present a sustained signed explanation for different audiences using information from a range of sources
Create highly complex Loading combining and switching between ways of expression and frames of spatial reference
Create bilingual texts and/or reference texts including those to interpret cultural aspects of texts