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• VCEALL466

  Use the text type appropriate to the task

  Elaborations

  • selecting an appropriate text type for the purpose and audience, from a small range of learnt text types
  • including appropriate features for the text type, such as headings, tables, images

  VCEALL466 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL155

  Use high-frequency words encountered in classroom activities

  Elaborations

  • spelling accurately high-frequency words and words learnt in class, such as ‘the’, ‘and’, ‘is’, ‘it’
  • referring to classroom charts and personal vocabulary lists to access topic words
  • using sound or visual features to spell new words, for example ‘evry’

  VCEALL155 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL130

  Recognise all letters of the alphabet

  Elaborations

  • recognising all letters of the alphabet in both capitals and lower-case
  • naming letters when spelling out new words

  VCEALL130 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL497

  Use basic verb forms in context

  Elaborations

  • matching simple verb tense to time words, such as ‘Yesterday we did …’, ‘Tomorrow we do …’
  • sometimes using inconsistent tense when describing events in the past, present and future, for example ‘We waited and then catch the train’
  • recognising the most common irregular verbs, such as ‘do’, ‘go’, ‘be’
  • using ‘no’ or ‘not’ with adjectives or nouns to express negative forms’, such as ‘No go outside’, ‘Not me’

  VCEALL497 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL789

  Combine simple sentences into complex sentences using embedding structures

  Elaborations

  • using embedded clauses to create complex sentences, for example ‘The Prime Minister, having lost the support of her party, began to look for new allies among her former rivals’
  • constructing complex sentences using sophisticated relative clauses, such as ‘This film, which was adapted from the novel of the same name, raises some challenging issues’

  VCEALL789 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL153

  Write common nouns and adjectives in the correct order in formulaic structures

  Elaborations

  • building short noun phrases using adjectives, such as ‘the blue car’
  • using simple comparative adjectives in basic sentences with varied accuracy, for example ‘My brother bigger than me’

  VCEALL153 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL601

  Use single clauses, or use simple coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to combine clauses

  Elaborations

  • constructing compound sentences with a range of coordinating conjunctions (such as ‘and’, ‘but’), for example ‘They knocked on door but nobody answered’
  • constructing complex sentences using some common subordinating conjunctions (such as ‘as’, ‘when’, ‘until’), for example ‘When they arrived, they knocked on door’

  VCEALL601 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL314

  Use formulaic structures

  Elaborations

  • using formulaic time markers, such as ‘On Monday …’, ‘First …’, ‘After that …’, ‘Last …’
  • using formulaic sentence beginnings throughout a text, for example ‘On the weekend I … And then I … Then I …’

  VCEALL314 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL446

  Use knowledge of sentence structure and content to deduce the meaning of unfamiliar words

  Elaborations

  • using knowledge of sentence structure to deduce the part of speech or function of an unfamiliar word
  • deducing the meaning of unfamiliar words based on known ideas in the sentence or paragraph

  VCEALL446 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL423

  Self-correct and improve aspects of pronunciation that impede communication, and focus on correction

  Elaborations

  • identifying patterns of pronunciation that pose difficulty in own speech, such as the articulation of final consonants or a specific vowel sound, or inappropriate word stress
  • rehearsing pronunciation with a partner or recording pronunciation using a digital device to self-assess, in order to make improvements

  VCEALL423 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL729

  Use a range of expressions to qualify opinions

  Elaborations

  • using modals (such as ‘may’, ‘might’) to signify opinions, for example ‘The forest may be changed by this protest action ’
  • writing formulaic expressions to introduce personal opinions, such as ‘In my view …’, ‘I believe …’
  • beginning to use subjective expressions to express opinions indirectly, such as ‘According to research …’, ‘Many consumers think …’

  VCEALL729 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL796

  Use a range of digital formats and images to enhance meaning and impact

  Elaborations

  • producing texts in a range of digital formats, such as text documents, slides, infographics, simple websites, videos
  • using advanced writing and formatting functions in software applications, such as spellchecker, font styles, paragraph formatting
  • using modal verbs, including with complex tenses, such as ‘They should not have to go’, ‘This needs to be considered’

  VCEALL796 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL450

  Self-correct a range of aspects of speech

  Elaborations

  • noticing errors with pronunciation, intonation and emphasis and attempting to correct these
  • seeking assistance or feedback from speech partners to formulate or confirm pronunciation

  VCEALL450 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL501

  Imitate and practise pronunciation, stress and intonation patterns

  Elaborations

  • imitating and rehearsing pronunciation, stress and intonation patterns used by the teacher and peers
  • using word stress, rhythm and intonation in familiar interactions, for example using rising intonation for questions, and stressing key words for emphasis

  VCEALL501 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL132

  Use knowledge of letters and sounds to read a new word or locate key words

  Elaborations

  • matching a range of familiar spoken words with print words
  • recognising some common syllables and patterns within words, such as ‘in’, ‘on’, ‘–ing’
  • using initial letters and common letter patterns to decode new words, for example identifying rhyming words
  • identifying familiar patterns within new words to support pronunciation
  • suggesting, when asked, other words that might look or sound similar

  VCEALL132 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL262

  Use comprehensible pronunciation for a range of high-frequency words learnt in class

  Elaborations

  • developing comprehensible pronunciation through imitation and rehearsal
  • accurately pronouncing a range of high-frequency words used in classroom instructions, texts and interactions

  VCEALL262 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL558

  Sequence events chronologically using time markers

  Elaborations

  • using a small range of time markers to indicate specific moments in the past, present and future, such as ‘yesterday’, ‘last week’, ‘on the weekend’

  VCEALL558 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL583

  Recognise words for everyday items and actions, and topic-specific vocabulary that has been taught

  Elaborations

  • recognising in an unfamiliar text topic-specific vocabulary that has been taught
  • recognising words commonly used in classroom speech, when printed on signs, on notices or in classroom texts

  VCEALL583 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL514

  Use features of the text to make predictions

  Elaborations

  • predicting the content of a text based on organisational features such as the title, headings, pictures, diagrams
  • looking at illustrations to make predictions about characters and events in stories

  VCEALL514 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL201

  Understand the sequence of events in a familiar text

  Elaborations

  • sequencing a short series of pictures or simple sentences to retell a familiar story

  VCEALL201 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features