AUSTRALIAN SIGN LANGUAGE 2A
DFS2AUA
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, students will develop intermediate levels of communcative competence in Auslan in both receptive and production skills. They will focus on the use of informal register and discourse forms in the language, and will also discuss the issue of sociolinguistic variation within the deaf community.
School: School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Stephanie Linder
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: DFS1AUB or coordinators approval.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Recognise and respond to a range of intermediate level vocabulary and grammatical constructions in Auslan
- Activities:
- Signing skills practice, classroom activities, written responses to comprehension questions
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Writing(Writing)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
02. Produce a range of intermediate level vocabulary items and grammatical constructions in Auslan
- Activities:
- Signing skills practice, signed presentations and classroom activities
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
- Writing(Writing)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
03. Compare and contrast Auslan and English vocabulary and grammar
- Activities:
- Written class exercises, classroom actitivies, analysing sign language video data
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Writing(Writing)
04. Compare and contrast formal and informal register and discourse forms in Auslan and English
- Activities:
- Written class exercises, classroom activities, analysing sign language video data
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Writing(Writing)
05. Recognise the value of sociolinguistic variation in the Australian deaf community and incorporate this into receptive and productive skills in Auslan
- Activities:
- Signing skills practice, written class exercises, analysing sign language video data
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Writing(Writing)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)