Level 1: Strands and achievement objectives
Language skills
Students should be able to:
- recognise, respond to, and use familiar signs, phrases, and sentence patterns in familiar contexts
- distinguish between statements, questions, and instructions.
Communication functions
Students should be able to:
- 1.1
- recognise and respond to greetings, farewells, thanks, and introductions
- 1.2
- communicate about basic concepts of number, size, shape, and colour
- 1.3
- communicate about basic concepts of time
- 1.4
- communicate their wants and needs and briefly state their likes and dislikes
- 1.5
- recognise and respond to classroom expressions and simple instructions
- 1.6
- communicate by watching and responding to signed information and by making use of visual prompts
- 1.7
- fingerspell their own name, their family members’ names, and the alphabet.
Sociocultural contexts
Students should be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of the basic history of Deaf schools and Deaf units within schools in New Zealand
- express understanding of the cultural norms of the Deaf community
- demonstrate knowledge of technological equipment used by Deaf people
- show an awareness of the importance of sport to Deaf people
- follow storytelling in NZSL.