American Sign Language and Deaf Culture 10, 20, 30

(a)	Use and assess a variety of cognitive strategies* to enhance communication, such as: assess similarities and differences between aspects of ASL and students’ other languages; group together sets of signs (e.g., vocabulary, structures) with similar characteristics and use induction to generate rules governing language use; or, make information easier to understand and remember by using reference points and initiatives like classifiers and body shifts.
(b)	Demonstrate and assess a variety of interactive and affective strategies* to enhance communication, such as: participate cooperatively in conferencing, brainstorming and debating and invite others into the discussion; initiate or maintain interaction with signers who are deaf, deafened or hard of hearing; or, use a range of fillers, hesitation devices and gambits to sustain conversations.
(c)	Practise and assess a variety of productive strategies* to enhance communication, such as: employ rhythm and symmetry in signs and use familiar patterns appropriate for various genres; revise and improve expressive communications by using knowledge of patterns and structures in ASL to form new sentences; or, rephrase difficult structures or strategically use circumlocution to clarify communication.