Auslan terminology

CODA stands for

This job works to help people who are Deaf communicate with others. They support people in many different ways, for example, during a doctor’s appointment or at a meeting in school. What is the job?

• Teacher of the Deaf

• Policeman

• Interpreter

• Principal

A professional who works with people who have a hearing loss. They diagnose hearing problems and help with hearing aids.

• Nurse

• Cochlear Implant

• Teacher of the Deaf

• Audiologist

HOLME stands for

• hearing, operation, listening, movement, ears

• handshape, operation, location, meaning, expression

• Handshape, orientation, location, movement, expression

• hearing, oscillation, listening, movement, expression

A group of people who share the language and culture of Deaf people and a history of common experiences. A primary unifying factor in Deaf communities is the use of sign language to communicate.

• Deaf Community

• Auslan

• ASL

• Audiologist

Which part of HOLME does this refer to:

Refers to the shape of the hand used in the sign. The hands can portray 62 different shapes such as hooks or flat palms and these different configurations can change signs. Two signs with very different meanings can be very similar except for slight differences in the hand shape and example of this is ‘BEACH’ and ‘SHEEP’.

Constructed Action or CA is described as:

• ASL

• When signers use their own face and body to represent actions, signs, thoughts or feelings of a person or situation.

• Auslan handshapes

• Refers to where the hands are positioned in relation to the body or in the space around the signer

Which part of HOLME does this refer to:

Refers to where the hands are positioned in relation to the body or in the space around the signer, for example, ‘SISTER’ and ‘DINNER’.

Fingerspelling in Auslan means...

• HOLME.

• spelling words in English.

• using ASL.

• spelling words using the Auslan alphabet.

This is the direction the palm and fingers face in relation to the body.

• Movement

• Expression

• Orientation

• Location