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• VCEALC164

  Ask for repetition or ask questions to check meaning or elicit help

  Elaborations

  • using simple formulaic expressions to make requests or ask questions, for example ‘Please say again’, ‘What is that?’
  • listening to and using speaker’s key words when asking for clarification, for example ‘What means “sibling”?

  VCEALC164 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC165

  Rely on other speakers to scaffold, interpret, clarify or elaborate short, simple conversations

  Elaborations

  • asking for help or clarification from teacher or peers
  • responding briefly to simple, direct questions rather than generating original responses in class discussions
  • borrowing and adapting key words from conversation partners, for example by reordering, as in Teacher: ‘Don’t be silly, Tim’ Student: ‘Tim silly’

  VCEALC165 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALL181

  Understand pronunciation and some non-verbal features

  Elaborations

  • distinguishing between questions, instructions and statements based on intonation and contextual information, such as the actions of other students
  • imitating the teacher’s speech when reciting or chorusing stories, songs or rhymes

  VCEALL181 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA224

  Rely on memorisation and/or home language to retrieve new words and structures

  Elaborations

  • relying on simple or formulaic English expressions such as ‘Yes, teacher’ or ‘Hello, my name is …

  VCEALA224 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL227

  Write or dictate in sentences or phrases that match oral sentence structures

  Elaborations

  • using the same expression in writing as in speech, such as ‘Go to school’, ‘Come here’, ‘Play with …’
  • dictating a story for the teacher to write down, based on drawings or prompts

  VCEALL227 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL212

  Locate letters on a keyboard

  Elaborations

  • reading letters from a word or short text and locating them on a keyboard

  VCEALL212 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA221

  Contribute ideas to shared writing activities

  Elaborations

  • making suggestions about the ideas to include in the text, for example the people and events
  • drawing on familiar vocabulary and sentence structures to suggest expressions for shared writing

  VCEALA221 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC167

  Identify basic items of information in short spoken texts

  Elaborations

  • naming or describing pictures, for example using names of people, single words for feelings, colours
  • pointing to relevant parts of pictures when speaking about them
  • answering specific questions about the spoken text based on familiar question stems such as ‘Who …?’, ‘Where was …?’, ‘When did …?’

  VCEALC167 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALA170

  Use appropriate gestures and intonation for social interaction

  Elaborations

  • using appropriate non-verbal communication to support meaning, such as eye contact, nodding, gesturing
  • modifying voice features, such as volume, pace, intonation and emphasis, to suit different audiences and situations

  VCEALA170 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA198

  Make simple connections between personal experience and familiar stories

  Elaborations

  • identifying familiar settings, characters or events in stories
  • answering simple questions about personal experience related to stories, for example ‘Have you ever …?’, ‘Do you like … too?’

  VCEALA198 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL200

  Understand and explore the basic layout and conventions of simple texts

  Elaborations

  • answering simple questions about the features of a text, for example ‘What is the name of this text?’, ‘Where is there a list in this text?’
  • following step-by-step instructions to find information in a text, for example ‘Open up to the contents page. Now find the entry that says “Ocean”. Which page should we turn to?’

  VCEALL200 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA191

  Show awareness that texts convey meaning

  Elaborations

  • understanding that print words contain a consistent message
  • understanding that different texts have different purposes, including picture books, class writing, diaries
  • identifying a familiar book or text that contains a particular message, for example when asked ‘Which book told us about the rainforest?

  VCEALA191 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness