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Converse in Auslan at a proficient user level
Converse in Auslan at a proficient user level
Unit of competency
National Code
PSPLAN012
PSPLAN012
State Code
OAA21
OAA21
TGA Status
Current
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Approved
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
340
Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to communicate in Auslan fluently and spontaneously across a wide range of subjects. 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), CI: Proficient User.This is an Auslan signer who can:understand a wide range of demanding, long texts, and recognise implicit meaningexpress him or herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressionsuse language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposesproduce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Comprehend demanding signed text and recognise implicit meaning.
- 1.1. Infer attitude, mood and intention of signed texts from contextual, grammatical and lexical cues.
- 1.2. Extract information from recorded Auslan texts including some non-standard usage and identify finer points of detail including implicit attitudes.
- 1.3. Comprehend complex technical information and instructions and specifications provided in Auslan.
- 1.4. Follow, easily, complex live interactions between proficient or native signers even on abstract or unfamiliar topics.
2. Process vocabulary and grammar for demanding signed exchanges.
- 2.1. Use and show command, but with occasional minor slips, of a broad vocabulary repertoire of signs including idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms.
- 2.2. Maintain a high degree of signed grammatical accuracy with rare errors so that meaning and questions are understood.
3. Present in Auslan on complex subjects.
- 3.1. Give clear well-structured signed presentations on complex subjects.
- 3.2. Communicate significant information with supporting points of view, rationale and examples.
- 3.3. Handle interjections and a series of follow-up questions, in Auslan, effortlessly and spontaneously.
4. Engage in spontaneous Auslan conversations on complex subjects.
- 4.1. Initiate, maintain and close extended face-to-face conversations on complex topics.
- 4.2. Pronounce signs clearly and naturally with varied intonation to express finer shades of meaning.
- 4.3. Converse fluently, spontaneously and almost effortlessly, only rarely pausing and hesitating.
- 4.4. Follow, in detail, abstract and complex topics signed by proficient or native speakers and occasionally confirm details.
- 4.5. Ask follow-up questions to check understanding of what other signer has said and to clarify ambiguous points.
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