After Year 4
Oral communication
The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to- listen out for, retell, explain and reflect on the content of Sign Language texts
- use an appropriate vocabulary of signs and terms to discuss specialist topics, talk about their own experiences and express their thoughts and opinions
- interact with others through play, dramatisations, conversations and discussions, and practise rules for group conversations
- receive, give and explain messages
- explain how the use of language can offend others
- discuss how to use an interpreter
Sign Language texts
The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to- read, understand, summarise and discuss the content of Sign Language texts for children
- draw conclusions on the basis of an understanding of the correlation between main content and detail in texts
- find information in composite texts
- retell simple texts from Norwegian to Sign Language and from Sign Language to Norwegian
- create simple narrative, descriptive and persuasive texts in Sign Language
- discuss and evaluate own texts and those created by others
- recognise and use the linguistic devices of repetition, contrast and simple figurative language
- use digital tools when creating texts
- structure texts with a title, introduction, main section and conclusion
- create stories by combining Sign Language and pictures
- perform Sign Language texts for fellow pupils
Language, literature and culture
The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to- explore and be familiar with the basic morphology of the language
- discuss some of the linguistic devices used in Sign Language texts
- express their thoughts on texts from different periods and cultures
- express own experience of and thoughts on children's literature, theatre, films, computer games and TV programmes
- describe geographical variations of Norwegian Sign Language
- recognise and read some of the Swedish one-handed manual alphabet
- read and understand some Swedish and Danish Sign Language
- describe how different elements of Sign Language work together
- describe similarities and differences between deaf culture and Norwegian hearing culture in the past and present
- give a simple presentation of the one-handed alphabet, the two-handed alphabet and the Sami manual alphabet
- describe meeting places for deaf culture in the past and present
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