Level 2

Auslan Level 2

Content:

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:
    1. Types of interpreting 
    2. Interpreting positions and pathways to accreditation
    3. Interpreting layout
    4. Conditions and OH&S
    5. Ethics
    6. 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.

Unfortunately, due to family circumstances, Term 4 classes have been postponed. Please contact me or check back in December for potential summer courses or for Term 1, 2023 details.

Costs:

2022 Term 2

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION (15th APRIL)
$ 200 Level 2 Course
  • 9 week course
  • 1.5 hours per week
  • Pay for only 8 weeks
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2022 Term 2

UPFRONT PAYMENT
$ 225 Level 2 Course
  • 9 week course
  • 1.5 hours per week
  • Receive a $45 discount

2022 Term 2

PAYMENT PLAN
$ 270 Level 2 Course
  • 9 week course
  • 1.5 hours per week
  • $30 per week

Special Offer

Get 1 other person to sign up and receive 20% off your course.
Get 2 other people to sign up and receive 40% off your course.
Get 3 other people to sign up and receive 60% off your course.
Get 4 other people to sign up and receive 80% off your course.
Get 5 other people to sign up and your course is free.

2022 Dates and Times

TERM 2 - NIGHT CLASS

Thursdays
7.30pm – 9pm (QLD/NSW/ACT/VIC/TAS time)
7pm – 8.30pm (SA/NT time)
5.30pm – 7pm (WA time)

Wk 1 – Thursday 28th April
Wk 2 – Thursday 5th May
Wk 3 – Thursday 12th May
Wk 4 – Thursday 19th May
Wk 5 – Thursday 26th May
Wk 6 – Thursday 2nd June
Wk 7 – Thursday 9th June
Wk 8 – Thursday 16th June
Wk 9 – Thursday 23rd June

*Class will only proceed upon enrolment of a minimum of  3 students.

*CLASS CONFIRMED

TERM 3 - POSTPONED

Day and Time TBC

Wk 1 – Week of 18th July
Wk 2 – Week of 25th July
Wk 3 – Week of 1st Aug
Wk 4 – Week of 8th Aug 
Wk 5 – Week of 15th Aug
Wk 6 – Week of 22nd Aug
Wk 7 – Week of 29th Aug
Wk 8 – Week of 5th Sept
Wk 9 – Week of 12th Sept

TERM 4 - POSTPONED

Day and Time TBC

Wk 1 – Week of 10th Oct
Wk 2 – Week of 17th Oct
Wk 3 – Week of 24th Oct
Wk 4 – Week of 31st Oct 
Wk 5 – Week of 7th Nov
Wk 6 – Week of 14th Nov
Wk 7 – Week of 21st Nov
Wk 8 – Week of 28th Nov
Wk 9 – Week of 5th Dec

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