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Converse in Auslan at a basic user level

Converse in Auslan at a basic user level

Unit of competency
National Code
PSPLAN001
State Code
OAA18
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
28/06/2018
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
24/10/2018
Field of Education
091599 - Language And Literature, N.e.c.
Original Release Date
24/10/2018
Nominal Hours
335
Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to communicate in Auslan on familiar and routine matters. Communication may take place in any situation including personal, public, social, employment and educational domains.This unit aligns to an adaptation, for sign languages, of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), A2: Basic User.This is an Auslan signer who can:understand sentences and frequently-used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment)communicate about simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine mattersdescribe in simple terms aspects of his or her background, immediate environment, and matters in areas of immediate need.No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Comprehend short, clear signed texts on concrete matters.
  • 1.1. Identify, from contextual cues, the topic of discussion and probable meaning of words for short signed texts on concrete topics.
  • 1.2. Extract essential information from short, recorded Auslan texts about predictable everyday matters when signed slowly and clearly.
  • 1.3. Comprehend the main points of short, clear, simple signed messages, announcements and directions.
  • 1.4. Identify the topic of live discussion between proficient or native signers when signed slowly and clearly.
2. Process vocabulary and grammar for signed exchanges on concrete matters.
  • 2.1. Use and show basic control of a narrow vocabulary repertoire of signs dealing with concrete and everyday matters.
  • 2.2. Use groups of a few signs and memorised phrases to make basic signed sentence patterns about concrete and everyday matters so that meaning and questions are understood but with regular self-correction.
3. Present in Auslan on familiar concrete subjects.
  • 3.1. Give short rehearsed basic signed announcements or presentations on familiar and concrete subjects.
  • 3.2. Communicate simple and direct limited routine information so that meaning is understood.
  • 3.3. Answer, in Auslan, straightforward follow-up questions, asking for repetition as required.
4. Engage in spontaneous Auslan conversations on familiar concrete subjects.
  • 4.1. Initiate, maintain and close short, simple face-to-face conversations about concrete and everyday matters.
  • 4.2. Pronounce signs clearly enough to be understood despite a noticeable “accent”, but with regular repetition.
  • 4.3. Construct phrases for short exchanges with hesitation, frequent pauses and repetition.
  • 4.4. Follow signing of proficient or native speakers when signed slowly and clearly but when mostly repeated.
  • 4.5. Ask, very simply, for clarification of key words or phrases or repetition of signing when not understood.
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