About our Auslan Lote Teaching Guides K to 10

Teaching Guides for k-10 Auslan

For teaching Auslan in a mainstream class

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Each Auslan LOTE (Language other than English) teaching guide folder provides you two years teaching material and is designed to be able to adapt to both Primary School and High School Teaching. It includes:

Teaching notes for every topic, including a quick reference teacher vocab sheet
Activities and Games to reinforce learning
Assessment and practice sheets for students
Online learning and Game play for most topics*

*Online content required a Organization Level License to SignPlanet.net (read more here)

These teaching kits include everything you need to teach Auslan as a LOTE.

Each guide including 2 years of material!

Auslan LOTE Guide volume 1 is written specifically for young students (K to 2) with no reading ability, with a teaching model based on play and song.

It focus’ on signs that are likely to actually engage and interest little learners and that can easily slot into the average K-2 day

The main goal is vocab building in raising awareness of the language through play.

Auslan LOTE Guide volume 2 Is written to be used in either grades 3-4 OR 7-8, with a blended teaching model (especially for primary school children) that has some formal/instructional lessons intertwined with interactive content and game play.

You do not need to have done LOTE 1 with high school students and revision and catch up is embedded in material for high school students.

The goal within these teaching years is not just vocab building but also to explore linguistic concepts and really embark on information exchange and communication.

Auslan LOTE Guide Volume 3 Is for use in either grades 5-6 OR 9-10, with a teaching model based more strongly on theory and complex communication.

Higher expectations are placed on High school years vs primary.

Story telling is used as a tool to bring together the almost 2000 word vocabulary taught so far, with incorporated grammar and linguistic concepts to deliver complex communication within a guided and evolving series of major works over the two years.

This edition, unlike its predecessors, has no CDROM or USB for hand outs and activities. Instead we have digitised our LOTE supplement material, activity sheets etc and taken advantage of video and interactive possibilities.

About the digital Content

LOTE 3 comes with a 12 month small organisation license to SignPlanet.net, with interactive and printable materials available under the Curriculum material section. Owners of previous guides can purchase an organisation license to SignPlanet.net to get upgraded content for their guides at a discount.

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K-6 and 7-10 Auslan teaching plan

	K-2	3-4 or 7-8	5-6 or 9-10
Teaching Guide
Pre-req	Requires no prior knowledge or reading capability	Requires no prior knowledge, however Lote 1 preferred. Some reading capability	MUST have completed LOTE 2, some online catch-up provided.
Synopsis	Learning through play and songs, focus’ on themes that engage young learners	Vocab building and introduction to linguistic concepts through a combination of game play and formal lessons	Actively study the language linguistics concepts and grammar. Developing and practicing complex conversations and information retrieval and expression.
Topics Covered : Year 1	Farm Animals & Pets, joined with Colours Family and numbers Places around he school and playground Places at home Fruit break (blended with colour descriptors) Basic questions Who uses Sign Language and why Total vocab inc: 448	Broaden vocabulary & expand receptive and expressive skills Practice describing animals using 5-8 descriptors, inc. the use of the negative’ preposition. Use simple recipes in Auslan only as a path to food based communication. Practice describing family members in detail, including physical appearance, age and relationship to self. Explored formal vs informal communication for the first time, and looked at signing space and exaggeration Total vocab inc: 321 + optional revision from lote 1	Story telling and information exchange through the sub learning areas of Animals and people incorporating Colours, numbers, fingerspelling and descriptors Greetings and discussing the day Linguistic and Lexicological concepts of root (or radical) signs, Emphasis, extent, role shift, and mime. History of Australia deaf school & growing up deaf in Australia. Sign language evolution impact events (past & future) and compares Auslan to other sign languages and how they influences our language.
Topics Covered: Year 2	Birds & ocean creatures, blended with shapes, colour and basic animal descriptors At the circus Inside & outside play Furniture & appliances at home Vegetables Everyday and Important words Deaf famous people Total vocab inc : 505 signs	This year explores deeper concepts of Auslan linguistics & moves into speech presentations & interpreting. Expanded use of descriptive signs (receptive & expressive) & discusses animals (textures, sizes and appearances, habitats and food) and people (inc their appearance, occupations, and forms of transport). Expand and practice food preparation, including numbers and measurements. Enter the world of fingerspelling. Total vocab inc: 734 + optional revision from lote 1	We continue to use storytelling as a path to detailed communication through the sub learning areas of people and animals. Vocab expanded in areas: Zoo animals Countries Climate and weather Clothing We look more deeply at linguistic concepts and complex communication. We also look more at Deaf Australian Stories and overall deaf awareness.