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Subject details
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- • Using Auslan in reviewing a movie and current news.
- • Understanding Auslan in intermediate everyday contexts.
- • Comparing and contrasting the Auslan and English grammar.
- • Comparing and contrasting the formal and informal registers used in Auslan and English.
- • Understanding sociolinguistic variations.
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
Additional requirements
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In this subject, students will develop intermediate levels of communicative 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.
- Reflective practice exercises (equivalent to 1,500-words) Hurdle requirement: Must obtain a pass in all components of assessment (20%)
- One final production task (equivalent to 1,500-words) (30%)
- One initial production task (equivalent to 500-words) (10%)
- 15-minute comprehension tasks (equivalent to 500-words) (40%)
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