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• 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

• 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

• VCEALC673

  Participate in conversations with a small range of speakers

  Elaborations

  • participating in conversations with a range of familiar people such as peers and teachers
  • using appropriate sentence structures and vocabulary to participate in conversations

  VCEALC673 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC457

  Write creative texts incorporating personal experiences and ideas from other texts

  Elaborations

  • following key elements of model texts in the structure and language used, and experimenting with new forms in some places
  • combining personal experience, ideas from other texts, and imaginative detail into creative texts

  VCEALC457 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC189

  Make simple predictions or inferences about a text, with support

  Elaborations

  • answering simple questions predicting events in a familiar text, for example ‘Where will they go next?’
  • matching words that describe emotions with images in a book, for example ‘happy’, ‘sad’

  VCEALC189 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC351

  Contribute to group activities on shared texts

  Elaborations

  • listening to group discussion, contributing relevant ideas and negotiating responses to the group activity
  • creating shared responses to the text, for example answering questions or jointly writing a short extension to a story

  VCEALC351 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | 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

• VCEALC326

  Identify key points of information in short spoken texts

  Elaborations

  • recognising key topic words from classroom activities and texts
  • recalling the sequence of ideas in a spoken text
  • answering questions using a familiar structure on a familiar topic

  VCEALC326 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC327

  Recall and retell a simple story such as a recount, legend or fairytale

  Elaborations

  • learning the content and sequence of a story through storytelling, reading or viewing in home language or English, and retelling in English
  • using conventions of story texts, such as ‘Once upon a time’
  • controlling pronunciation, intonation and emphasis to contribute to engaging storytelling

  VCEALC327 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | 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

• 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

• VCEALC779

  Write extended personal and imaginative texts showing an awareness of audience and purpose, with teacher prompts

  Elaborations

  • expressing personal opinion and creative ideas through a range of text types such as personal diary, response to a set text, contributions to an online discussion
  • following key elements of model texts in the structure and language used, and experimenting with new forms in some places

  VCEALC779 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | 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

• VCEALC270

  Participate in simple group activities on shared texts, with some support

  Elaborations

  • joining group discussions by listening to other students and giving brief, relevant responses to questions
  • responding to the text, for example illustrating a section or answering questions about a text

  VCEALC270 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC190

  Participate in activities around class texts

  Elaborations

  • sequencing pictures in order
  • answering simple questions about ideas in a text
  • participating with key repetitive phrases or choruses in shared reading activities

  VCEALC190 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC084

  Respond appropriately in a range of common social and classroom situations

  Elaborations

  • responding with short extended responses including answering questions, adding to other speakers’ points, giving personal opinions
  • expressing ideas, humour and simple opinions, and describing feelings, for example ‘I am very happy’
  • giving a short presentation to a group on a familiar topic, such as sharing or recounting a personal experience
  • borrowing key topic words and question structures to help formulate responses

  VCEALC084 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC057

  Write a simple text that fulfils a function

  Elaborations

  • writing a simple description, recount or procedure after a shared class experience, for example a short text recounting making pancakes
  • writing the names of items depicted in images
  • copying and completing short, formulaic sentences to describe images, such as ‘This is a …’
  • choosing a sentence from a class text to use as a caption for an image

  VCEALC057 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC083

  Demonstrate active listening and follow speech

  Elaborations

  • displaying appropriate body language while listening, including body orientation, eye contact, facial expression, nodding or shaking head
  • following visual stimuli that accompany speech or aural texts

  VCEALC083 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC240

  Demonstrate active listening skills, attending to tone, intonation and body language

  Elaborations

  • displaying appropriate body language while listening, including body orientation, eye contact, facial expressions, nodding or shaking the head
  • using tone and intonation to distinguish between statements, questions and instructions

  VCEALC240 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | 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