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• VCEALC544

  Respond appropriately to a range of commonly encountered questions using short, familiar formulas or expressions

  Elaborations

  • using familiar or formulaic phrases and sentences to respond, such as ‘My name is …’ or ‘Nice to meet you’
  • borrowing words or phrases from the question to respond, for example ‘What is your favourite sport?’ ‘My favourite sport is …’

  VCEALC544 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC567

  Attempt to read familiar and unfamiliar texts with fluency

  Elaborations

  • understanding classroom labels such as those on lockers or desks, and signs around the school such as ‘front office’, ‘toilets’
  • reading a range of familiar and unfamiliar texts, such as own writing, peer’s writing, teacher’s writing
  • following simple print texts that are read aloud at a moderate pace

  VCEALC567 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC550

  Exchange information in oral interactions

  Elaborations

  • understanding a range of common questions on personal or familiar topics
  • using common sentence structures and borrowing phrases from questions, for example ‘What do you like to do on the weekends?’ ‘I like to do sport on the weekends’

  VCEALC550 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC546

  Communicate needs in common social and school routines

  Elaborations

  • asking questions and following instructions to meet personal needs, such as where to find resources or what colour pen to use
  • understanding common words for social and school purposes, such as ‘I would like …’, ‘I need some help’

  VCEALC546 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC569

  Demonstrate understanding by performing a task

  Elaborations

  • following print instructions to conduct a simple task or experiment
  • dramatising or drawing parts of a story
  • answering simple questions, indicating true/false statements or sequencing information

  VCEALC569 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC572

  Use basic features of a website with guidance

  Elaborations

  • following instructions to navigate a digital text using navigation menus and links
  • using functions such as zoom or search to read text on a website

  VCEALC572 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC589

  Write short, simple texts for varied social purposes

  Elaborations

  • writing a small range of short texts for varied social purposes related to familiar experiences, such as a thank-you text message or email
  • using model texts and templates to structure texts appropriately
  • incorporating some formulaic expressions copied from model texts, such as ‘Dear …’, ‘Once upon a time’

  VCEALC589 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC588

  Label images using vocabulary learnt or practised in class

  Elaborations

  • labelling parts of a familiar diagram
  • matching vocabulary from a list to items in an image or features on a map

  VCEALC588 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC571

  Respond in a personal way to a short, familiar text

  Elaborations

  • expressing a personal response to a text (such as indicating enjoyment, satisfaction, agreement or disagreement) and giving simple reasons
  • comparing events from a text with personal experience
  • transforming part of a text into a new text type, for example creating an illustration or poem from a story

  VCEALC571 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC590

  Write short factual texts on familiar content, consisting of simple sentences or statements approximating sentences

  Elaborations

  • writing a small range of short school-based text types, for example description, instruction, procedure, narrative
  • following an appropriate structure for the text, using model texts or templates for support

  VCEALC590 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC548

  Extract essential information from short, simple texts relevant to personal experience

  Elaborations

  • applying knowledge of basic text structure (such as beginning, middle and end) to identify the main idea and details
  • understanding common and learnt vocabulary

  VCEALC548 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC549

  Use basic collaborative language in cooperative group work

  Elaborations

  • listening and identifying topics and functions of group interactions, such as discussing ideas or allocating tasks
  • performing a range of collaborative functions using simple language, such as affirming (‘yes’, ‘good’), disagreeing (‘no’, ‘no good’), staging (‘next’, ‘OK’)

  VCEALC549 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC551

  Contribute to a short dialogue or classroom interaction on a familiar topic

  Elaborations

  • using familiar and rehearsed responses for common interactions
  • developing fluency in familiar situations (such as introducing self) and adapting responses to altered situations (such as introducing a friend)

  VCEALC551 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC545

  Negotiate transactions for different purposes

  Elaborations

  • engaging in transactions for a range or purposes, such as asking to borrow a book from the teacher, the library or a friend
  • using a small range of simple formulaic expressions to ask for repetition or rephrasing, such as ‘Please repeat’ and ‘What does it mean?’
  • using circumlocution (talking around a topic) when searching for the correct term

  VCEALC545 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC568

  Extract specific information from simple charts, tables or maps

  Elaborations

  • locating city or country names on a map
  • identifying information in a cell of a table, using row and column headings
  • pointing to and reading out the names of features on a labelled diagram

  VCEALC568 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC591

  Write to communicate personal ideas

  Elaborations

  • writing a small range of texts to communicate personal experiences and ideas, for example a personal recount or story
  • following the structure of model texts, such as the use of a greeting, sequence of events, reflection in an online journal

  VCEALC591 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALL579

  Identify what is being referred to by simple cohesive devices in a simple informative text

  Elaborations

  • understanding common coordinating conjunctions (such as ‘and’, ‘but’) and subordinating conjunctions (such as ‘as’, ‘when’)
  • matching cohesive devices (such as ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘those’) to the items they refer to

  VCEALL579 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL585

  Pronounce a range of words comprehensibly based on knowledge of vocabulary and letter–sound relationships

  Elaborations

  • pronouncing accurately and reading fluently basic vocabulary or phrases
  • sounding out letters and letter combinations when reading unfamiliar words

  VCEALL585 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL566

  Repeat or re-pronounce words or phrases through self-correction, if not understood

  Elaborations

  • attending to the listener’s body language or asking directly whether own speech has been understood
  • attempting to re-pronounce words using different pronunciation, stress or pace

  VCEALL566 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL561

  Attempt different verb forms, with some consistency

  Elaborations

  • using a range of common verb tenses for familiar verbs, such as present simple tense (‘walk’, ‘go’), present continuous tense (‘is walking’, ‘is going’) and regular and common irregular past tenses (‘walked’, ‘went’)

  VCEALL561 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features