Question 1

What is NCEA AS 92358 about?

Accepted Answer

This is an external NZSL standard worth 5 credits where students record themselves signing in New Zealand Sign Language. You respond to visual prompts — like a lunch menu or a picture story — across two 45-minute sessions. Both sessions must be submitted as videos. The assessment looks at how clearly and accurately you can sign ideas, opinions, and information about everyday topics.

Question 2

What do students need to do for AS 92358?

Accepted Answer

1. Watch or look at a visual prompt (e.g. a lunch menu or a storyboard) and respond to questions about it in NZSL 2. Record yourself signing your responses as a video in two separate 45-minute sessions 3. Use NZSL signs, facial expressions, and grammar to express your ideas, opinions, and information clearly 4. Talk about things in the present, past, and future tense across your responses 5. Make sure you submit both session videos — you need evidence from both to get Achievement or higher

Question 3

What's the difference between Achieved, Merit, and Excellence for AS 92358?

Accepted Answer

Achieved: You can get your basic meaning across even if there are some mistakes. You express simple information and opinions, refer to at least two different time frames (e.g. today and tomorrow), and can be understood overall. You might rely on fingerspelling quite a bit and make some signing errors, but communication still works. Merit: You use a wider range of signs and expressions with less reliance on fingerspelling. You use facial expressions alongside your hand signs. You go beyond just listing — you build on your ideas and explain them a bit more. Your signing is mostly clear and doesn't take much effort to understand. Excellence: You use a wide variety of signs confidently and accurately. Your facial expressions, use of signing space, and grammar are all strong. You connect your ideas clearly and enrich them with detail rather than just listing. There are very few or no errors that get in the way of communication.

Question 4

What mistakes do students typically make in AS 92358?

Accepted Answer

1. Only submitting one video instead of both — this limits the highest grade you can get 2. Narrating what is happening in the images rather than actually answering the questions asked 3. Relying too heavily on fingerspelling instead of using proper NZSL signs 4. Using signs that are unclear, or placing correct signs in the wrong location or movement 5. Not using facial expressions, which are an important part of NZSL grammar

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