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• VCEALC637

  Use basic features of a website appropriately

  Elaborations

  • moving within or between web pages using tabs, navigation menus and links
  • using titles, headings and images to locate relevant information

  VCEALC637 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC612

  Understand the gist of context-reduced spoken texts

  Elaborations

  • understanding texts that are less dependent on immediate contextual support such as images
  • applying knowledge of text structures, such as introduction or topic sentences, to follow key messages

  VCEALC612 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC616

  Present a short, prepared formal talk on a researched topic, using notes and props

  Elaborations

  • structuring the talk clearly using elements such as an introduction, sequenced content, conclusion
  • attending to features of speech such as pronunciation, pace, intonation, emphasis, body language
  • preparing and using notes and props, such as a photo or treasured personal object, to enhance a presentation

  VCEALC616 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC652

  Present information in a variety of forms

  Elaborations

  • presenting information in a range of visual forms, such as a table, chart, graph
  • illustrating a narrative to reflect descriptions given in the original text
  • following instructions to create tables, graphs or images in software applications

  VCEALC652 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC632

  Employ a repertoire of strategies to read familiar and simple factual and fictional texts

  Elaborations

  • adjusting focus of reading in response to the demands of the text and the reading task, for example scanning the text for particular information or skimming to get the main idea
  • bringing content knowledge and familiar vocabulary to reading

  VCEALC632 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC613

  Extract specific information from spoken or visual texts, using guide questions from the teacher

  Elaborations

  • using questions to identify key words in the text or predict the sequence of information

  VCEALC613 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC636

  Respond to creative texts, showing a developing understanding of key events, characters and issues

  Elaborations

  • responding to a small range of creative texts, such as poems, short stories, films, songs
  • drawing on personal experience and knowledge of other texts to make inferences
  • describing the feelings of a character through writing, illustration or role-play

  VCEALC636 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC655

  Write some creative or personal texts, experimenting with known English

  Elaborations

  • writing simple texts related to personal experiences or shared classroom activities
  • writing imaginative texts adapted from or in response to classroom texts, for example a story with an alternative setting or ending

  VCEALC655 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC611

  Participate in common school routines

  Elaborations

  • understanding common classroom language, including questions, instructions and basic information
  • following a short set of instructions in sequence, such as ‘Divide your page into two columns. Label the columns A and B. Then number the rows 1 to 20’
  • asking for clarification, for example ‘Do I number the rows like this?’

  VCEALC611 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC634

  Locate specific information in fictional and factual texts using guide questions

  Elaborations

  • locating specific information in factual print texts by using organisational features such as headings or topic sentences
  • retelling ideas or events from familiar texts in response to guide questions
  • making connections between ideas stated directly and close together; for example predicting the ending, linking a diagram and label, linking simple cause and effect

  VCEALC634 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC635

  Read long, complex texts with support from the teacher

  Elaborations

  • reading a new story with occasional prompts and corrections from the teacher
  • identifying key words from questions in headings or topic sentences in order to extract key information from a factual text
  • giving a personal response, such as expressing a point of view

  VCEALC635 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC633

  Locate specific information from subject-based diagrams, graphs and charts

  Elaborations

  • identifying a sentence that describes a graph or image, for example ‘More than half of the class walks to school’
  • using labels or captions to identify specific features on a diagram, illustration or map

  VCEALC633 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC653

  Write texts for social purposes

  Elaborations

  • writing a range of texts for social purposes related to familiar and imagined experiences, such as an invitation, online chat message
  • following structure and language in model texts and incorporating some creative features
  • incorporating a small range of language features including formulaic expressions and words and phrases learnt in different curriculum areas

  VCEALC653 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC654

  Write information texts for general school use, based on modelled language

  Elaborations

  • writing simple information texts (such as reports, essays, explanations) based on models, for example writing a short explanation of the water cycle
  • organising information into simple, logically-ordered paragraphs

  VCEALC654 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC610

  Negotiate interactions with reliance on an attentive conversation partner

  Elaborations

  • expressing complex thoughts and feelings in familiar situations
  • seeking assistance or feedback from speech partners to formulate or confirm corrected expressions
  • clarifying and elaborating on meaning by recasting and defining what has been said

  VCEALC610 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC615

  Express simple opinions and describe feelings

  Elaborations

  • using personal and subjective language to express opinions and feelings, such as ‘I feel sorry for him because …’
  • using more varied evaluative language to name and describe feelings, such as ‘impressed’, ‘frustrated’, ‘successful’

  VCEALC615 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALL625

  Use subject–verb–object pronoun pattern correctly

  Elaborations

  • constructing an expanding range of statements, questions and commands with accuracy
  • using pronouns accurately as subjects and objects, such as ‘John saw her. She saw John’

  VCEALL625 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL669

  Use modelled subject-specific vocabulary appropriately

  Elaborations

  • using subject-specific vocabulary accurately in sentences or short modelled texts
  • labelling diagrams or filling in tables using subject-specific vocabulary
  • recording subject-specific vocabulary in an organised way, for example using a word cline, word map or labelled diagram

  VCEALL669 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL645

  Read texts that contain compound and complex sentences of two or three clauses

  Elaborations

  • understanding compound sentences using common coordinating conjunctions (such as ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’) and complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions (such as ‘because’, ‘if’, ‘before’)

  VCEALL645 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL623

  Use simple time and sequence markers to connect ideas in speech

  Elaborations

  • using a range of time markers in speech, such as ‘yesterday’, ‘this morning’, ‘in the future’
  • using a range of sequence markers, such as ‘first’, ‘then’, ‘after that’, ‘finally’

  VCEALL623 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features