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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Interview a Deaf person using South African Sign Language

SAQA US ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE
115810	Interview a Deaf person using South African Sign Language
ORIGINATOR
SGB SA Sign Language and Sign Lang Interpreting
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
-
FIELD			SUBFIELD
Field 04 - Communication Studies and Language			Language
ABET BAND	UNIT STANDARD TYPE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	CREDITS
Undefined	Regular	Level 6	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6	4
REGISTRATION STATUS		REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE	SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		2018-07-01	2023-06-30	SAQA 06120/18
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2026-06-30		2029-06-30

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard.

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD

People credited with this unit standard are able to:

Prepare to interview a Deaf person, and

Interview a Deaf person on a pre-arranged topic, using South African Sign Language (SASL).

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Level 4 and 5 SASL - Additional Language standards.

UNIT STANDARD RANGE

1. Deaf is capitalised when it refers to the Deaf community and Deaf culture, as opposed to deaf in lower case, which relates to audiological hearing loss.

2. Deaf culture is defined globally as 'a way of life, a shared perspective, based on knowing the world primarily through vision' and includes the rules governing communication behaviour and social interaction within the Deaf community e.g. eye contact is maintained to allow conversation to proceed.

3. The rules of SASL refer to those accepted by the South African Deaf community, for use in South Africa, and may include any or all of the following: grammatical, visual, social and cultural elements.

4. Grammatical features may include but are not limited to:- spatial reference; sign formation including manual signs and non-manual features (parameters - handshape, movement, location, palm orientation and non manual features); non-manual and manual modification; all question types including yes/no, 'wh' and rhetorical questions; all sentence types including topicalisation and conditionals; number including quantifying sounds; pronouns; negation; classifiers; locative verbs; temporal aspects; idioms; compounds; numeral incorporation; eye gaze, negative sentences.

5. 'wh' questions refer to questions containing the words who, what, where, when, why, which and how. Yes/no questions refer to those where the answer is yes or no.

6. Interview refers to a structured situation on a pre-arranged topic for which both the interviewer and the interviewee have prepared, and about which prior agreement has been reached on the acceptable boundaries regarding privacy, confidentiality or other issues important to the person being interviewed. Examples of topics are those covering experiences or situations specific to the Deaf community, Deaf culture, or Deaf education, or personal experiences and achievements.

7. For assessment purposes, the interview should be for a minimum of five minutes.

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1

Prepare to interview a Deaf person, using SASL.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Cultural norms for the interview are identified consistent with the requirements of the participants.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Agreement reached between the participants takes account of their requirements.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Examples of subjects about which agreement might need to be reached, include, boundaries of the topic, privacy, confidentiality, issues of particular sensitivity to the interviewee and logistical arrangements.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Resources for users of SASL are accessed which will assist the interview.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Examples of resources are - video clips, pictures, photographs and props.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

Formulation of questions is consistent with the topic, cultural requirements, and the time limitations on the interview.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5

Research and verification of vocabulary and signs for unfamiliar words are consistent with the requirements of the communicative task and the rules of SASL.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2

Interview a person on a pre-arranged topic using SASL.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Grammatical features used are consistent with the requirements of the communicative task and the rules of SASL.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The discourse is consistent with requirements relating to interviewing a person within Deaf culture and the rules of SASL.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Vocabulary used is consistent with the requirements of the communicative task and the rules of SASL.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

Questions asked are consistent with the pre-arranged topic, cultural requirements, and within pre-agreed boundaries.

UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS

The assessment will be governed by the policies and guidelines of the relevant Education and Training Quality Assurance Body (ETQA) that has jurisdiction over this field of learning.

The assessor will be registered with the appropriate ETQA and will be qualified in this learning area.

The learner can be assessed against this unit standard to obtain credits or as part of an integrated assessment for a qualification. All assessment activities must be fair, so that all candidates have equal opportunities. Activities must be free of gender, ethnic or other bias. Assessment and moderation procedures, activities and tools must be transparent, affordable and support development within the field, sub-field and NQF.

UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE

The following knowledge is embedded within the unit standard, and will be assessed directly or implicitly through assessment of the specific outcomes in terms of the assessment criteria:

Requirements relating to conversing within Deaf culture;

Rules and vocabulary of SASL;

Deaf culture and the Deaf community.

UNIT STANDARD DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME

N/A

UNIT STANDARD LINKAGES

N/A

Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO):

UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING

Identify and solve problems.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING

Work effectively with others and in teams.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING

Organise and manage oneself and one's activities responsibly and effectively.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING

Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING

Communicate effectively using visual, mathematical and/or language skills.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO SCIENCE

Use science and technology effectively.

UNIT STANDARD ASSESSOR CRITERIA

N/A

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this unit standard was Reregistered in 2012; 2015.

UNIT STANDARD NOTES

N/A

QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD:

	ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	STATUS	END DATE	PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
Elective	50333	National Diploma: Occupationally Directed Education, Training and Development Practices	Level 5	NQF Level 05	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	ETDP SETA
Elective	50331	National Certificate: Occupationally Directed Education, Training and Development Practices	Level 6	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	ETDP SETA

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD:

This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.

1.	AFRICA COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT (PTY) LTD
2.	Amaqamu Project Management and Consulting
3.	ASSESSMENT COLLEGE OF SOUTH AFRICA PTY LTD
4.	Bohlali Provider Support
5.	Chartall Business College
6.	Colleen Osorio Skills Development Consultancy cc
7.	Dabulamanzi & Njabulo Ndaba Consulting cc
8.	Divine Inspiration Trading 704 PTY Ltd
9.	Emergence Learning Academy (Pty) Ltd
10.	Igugu Training and Investments
11.	Isamon Vocational College of Excellence Pty Ltd
12.	Khaas Training Academy
13.	Learnership Support Systems (Pty) Ltd
14.	MACCAUVLEI LEARNING ACADEMY (PTY) LTD
15.	MENTORNET (PTY) LTD
16.	NTI College
17.	OMNI HR CONSULTING PTY LTD
18.	Petra institute of Development (PTY) Ltd
19.	Regenesys Management (Pty) Ltd
20.	Resonance Institute of Learning
21.	Saint Colonel Graduate Institute (PTY) Ltd
22.	Southern African Institute of Learning (SAIL)
23.	The Institute of People Development
24.	Thuto Adult Centre
25.	TMG Quality Services
26.	University of Johannesburg
27.	VERYCOOLIDEAS