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Auslan Level 2 – Night Class (Thursday)
April 28, 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
$30.00 – $225.00Content:
Level 2 introduces you to over 400 new signs, new aspects of culture and new grammatical features, while consolidating all you have previously covered in Level 1. By the end of Level 2, you will be able to order your food and drink in Auslan, follow simple directions, talk about your pets, and gradually converse about new topics. You will also be able to recount conversations and short stories and communicate them visually in Auslan.
Classes are interactive, fun, engaging, with lots of hands-on activities to help you learn, practice, revise, and retain new knowledge.
Class sizes are capped at 10 students so there is plenty of opportunity for individual feedback and support.
You will cover:
Focus on Fingerspelling
- The use of fingerspelling in Auslan
- Initialisation
- Assimilation and reduction to lexicalisation
- The ASL alphabet
- Improved fluency in expressive and receptive skills
- Assessment and correction of articulation
Navigating Numbers
- Fractions and percentages
- Decimals
- Sums
- Measurements
- Ordinal numbers
- Time
Culture Close-Up
- Attitudes towards cochlear implants
- Interpreter considerations inc:
- Types of interpreting
- Interpreting positions and pathways to accreditation
- Interpreting layout
- Conditions and OH&S
- Ethics
- Clothing/presentation do’s & don’ts
- World Federation of the Deaf
- Deaf in developing nations
- Evolution and preservation of sign language
- The impact of linguistic research on Deaf communities
- Legislative and constitutional recognition of sign languages around the world and Auslan’s Status in Australia
- Spotlight on Finland and the FinSL Act
Grammar Guidance
- Tenses
- Use of space
- Transposition
- Role shifting
- Compound signs
- Conditional sentences
- Basic translating
Vital Vocab
- Out and about
- Food and drink
- Shopping and food experiences
- Directions
- Around the house
- Animals
Each week, you will receive handouts with further information pertaining to that which has been covered in class, particularly around aspects of culture and grammar. You will also receive a weekly summary of all that was covered and a list of vocab that will be taught the following week.
Upon completion of Level 2, you will receive a certificate of completion and be ready to progress to Level 3.