K–10Auslan K–10 Syllabus

Use a range of vocabulary to communicate on concrete topics

Identify and use the 3 types of depicting signs

Identify how signers establish spatial locations

Use increasingly complex linguistic structures including conjoining clauses and composite clauses

Describe and use a variety of non-manual features for a range of purposes

Explore the types of iconicity in signs

Set up and maintain referents in signing space to build cohesion in texts

Communicate about aspirations and social issues

Use more complex entity depicting signs

Use signing space, including character and observer space, appropriately for different types of texts

Apply complex linguistic structures by combining depicting signs, constructed action and clause types for a variety of contexts

Explore metaphorical iconicity

Modify indicating verbs for non-present referents with increasing accuracy across a text

Recognise complex language 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 audience

Use a range of forms and functions for control of complex elements of text construction and sign formation

Create 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 interpret cultural aspects of Auslan

Create a range of informative, imaginative and persuasive texts for different audiences

Create a visual vernacular 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 narratives 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