ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

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.