Interact in New Zealand Sign Language to share and respond to information, ideas, and opinions
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This standard tests whether you can hold a real, back-and-forth conversation in New Zealand Sign Language where you share information, ask questions, and respond to what someone else is saying. You need to show you can talk about things from your own life—what's happening now, what happened before, or what might happen later—and keep the conversation going even if you make small mistakes.
You can have a conversation in NZSL where you share and respond to information about your own life, even if you make some mistakes that don't completely stop understanding.
You use strategies to keep the conversation flowing (like asking follow-up questions or checking you've understood), use a good range of vocabulary and sentence types, and mistakes don't get in the way of being understood.
You use clever conversation strategies that make the exchange richer (like picking up on details the other person mentioned or smoothly moving between topics), use a varied and well-chosen range of language accurately and consistently, and your signing is clear and controlled.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.