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Auslan Level 4 – Day Class (Monday)
January 31, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
$30.00 – $225.00Content:
The focus of Level 4 is improving conversational fluency, increasing confidence and competency interacting with Deaf people in Auslan – not just in being able to sign random vocab, but in connecting your thoughts and experiences into conversation, improving both your expressive and receptive language skills. We will have a week with Deaf guests joining us online for conversation practice.
We will also be working towards Level 5 being completely voice off, Auslan only, fully immersive experience, so in Level 4, I will work with you to get to a point where you are able to understand all the instructions to activities in Auslan and feel ready and competent for Level 5.
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
- Improved fluency in expressive and receptive skills and increase in speed
Culture Close-Up
- Martha’s Vineyard
- Opportunity for Q&A
- Linking in with your local Deaf communities
Grammar Guidance
- Consolidation of all aspects of grammar with opportunity to practice each component individually and then brought together in sharing personal stories and experiences
- Providing instructions for basic tasks
- Explaining rules for a game
- Translating written English texts to Auslan
- Interpreting short signed stories into written English
Navigating Numbers
- Improved fluency in expressive and receptive skills and increase in speed
Vital Vocab
- The top 200 most frequently signed words/phrases
- Common nouns
- Common verbs
- Common adjectives
- Opposites
- Extension on:
- Food
- Places
- Animals
- Everyday conversational topics and correlating signs
- Additional multi-channel signs
- Industry specific signs depending on students in attendance
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 4, you will receive a certificate of completion and be ready to progress to Level 5.