After Year 10
Oral communication
The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to- express and justify own opinions in discussions and assess what constitutes a rational argument
- discuss how language can be perceived as discriminatory and intimidating
- participate in conversations about literature, theatre and film with particular emphasis on deaf culture
- assess their own Sign Language presentations and those given by others according to technical criteria
- understand and reproduce simple statements using International Sign – IS
- explain the right to use an interpreter
Sign Language texts
The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to- read, summarise main content and extract relevant information in Sign Language texts
- navigate large volumes of text in order to find relevant information
- take a critical approach when reading and assess whether a text is credible
- discuss various ways of making arguments in Sign Language texts
- analyse and discuss various modes of expression and text structures in Sign Language
- recognise the linguistic devices of humour, irony, contrasts, comparisons, symbols and metaphors and use them in own texts
- evaluate aesthetic devices in composite texts and reflect on how we are influenced by language, sound and images
- interpret and evaluate different types of composite texts
- express themselves using a varied Sign Language vocabulary and master morphology and cohesion in different types of texts
- produce creative, informative, reflective and persuasive texts with justified opinions adapted for a given recipient and purpose
- perform simple presentations, reproductions, role plays and dramatisations based on literature, theatre or film
- evaluate own texts and those created by others, and assess own texts by applying knowledge of language and text
- use digital tools to archive and organise own work
- use different media, sources and aesthetic expressions in own Sign Language texts and multidisciplinary texts
Language, literature and culture
The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to- give an account of the values and ways of thinking that are reflected in different Sign Language texts
- discuss the tradition of Sign Language storytelling in their own and other deaf cultures in the past and present
- give an account of different arenas where deaf culture exists and discuss changes in Norwegian deaf society in a historical perspective
- discuss how deaf people are portrayed in literature, theatre and film
- give an account of and compare the rights of Sign Language speakers and Sami / minority language speakers in the Nordic countries and other parts of the world
- understand and retell selected texts in Swedish and Danish Sign Language and Norwegian Sign Language
- master grammatical terminology describing how the language is constructed
- describe similarities and differences between different variants of Norwegian Sign Language and between different Nordic Sign Languages
- give an account of similarities and differences in slang and youth language in Sign Language and Norwegian
- discuss issues relating to culture, language and identity
- use Sign Language texts and other pictures and texts obtained from the library, internet and mass media, apply source criticism and refer to the use of sources
- present the results of in-depth study into an own-choice topic relating to Sign Language, deaf history, culture and organisations, and justify their own choices
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