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• 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

• 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

• 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

• VCEALL650

  Understand the function of punctuation marks

  Elaborations

  • identifying a range of punctuation marks in text, for example full stops, commas, question marks, quotation marks, semicolons
  • attending to punctuation marks when reading aloud, for example pausing at appropriate points in the text, adjusting speech to reflect dialogue

  VCEALL650 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• 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

• VCEALL662

  Organise the content of a topic at paragraph level, with teacher guidance, to reflect given or new information

  Elaborations

  • following a model text or scaffold for paragraph structure, for example including a topic sentence, main idea, elaboration and summary
  • writing a simple topic sentence introducing and sequencing the key idea of the paragraph, for example ‘Another main reason to ban cars is …’

  VCEALL662 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• 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

• 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

• VCEALL647

  Read and understand sentences containing a small range of descriptive language

  Elaborations

  • understanding an expanding range of describers and classifiers in noun groups, for example ‘small cute animals’ and ‘introduced wild animals’
  • understanding simple comparatives, for example ‘smaller’, ‘more expensive’

  VCEALL647 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• 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

• VCEALA656

  Use appropriate forms of text for purpose and audience, with guidance

  Elaborations

  • constructing a range of print and digital text types, such as report, recount, description, narrative, argument
  • transforming texts into new formats using a model text, for example rewriting a debate into a discussion essay

  VCEALA656 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL661

  Organise information and write according to the structure of a specified text

  Elaborations

  • structuring simple texts in a logical form, with some independence, such as a personal text with a beginning, middle and end
  • structuring more complex texts appropriately by working from a model or template
  • using simple paragraphs and topic sentences to organise ideas in writing, for example starting a new paragraph for a change of topic

  VCEALL661 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA638

  Identify and discuss the purpose, audience and context of particular texts

  Elaborations

  • engaging with texts from different contexts, such as school, the media, workplaces, community, different cultures
  • suggesting reasons why different audiences might read or view the text, for example ‘Teenagers might read this to study for a driving text’, ‘Adults might read this for safety information’
  • using a small range of modelled metalanguage to name and describe features of texts

  VCEALA638 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• 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

• VCEALL667

  Use adverbials to provide simple detail

  Elaborations

  • using some adverbials to give simple detail about place (‘at the station’), time (‘last week’), accompaniment (‘alone’), manner (‘very quickly’) and cause (‘because of the rain’)
  • using prepositions with varying accuracy, for example ‘with her parents’, ‘in the bus’

  VCEALL667 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL642

  Identify different forms of texts

  Elaborations

  • understanding the basic structure of a range of texts used at school, such as narrative, information report, essay, poetry
  • identifying features of layout and content organisation in a text, such as title and chapter headings
  • labelling features of a text or sequencing parts

  VCEALL642 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL648

  Recognise common vocabulary and learnt topic-specific vocabulary from different curriculum areas

  Elaborations

  • understanding words learnt from classroom interactions and texts
  • recognising in an unfamiliar text topic-specific vocabulary that has been learnt in other curriculum areas, for example ‘angle’, ‘primary’, ‘foul’

  VCEALL648 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL622

  Use a small variety of text types for curriculum areas

  Elaborations

  • understanding and using structural features of some texts used in different curriculum areas, such as procedures, reports, formal speeches
  • following a logical structure when producing spoken texts, for example with an introduction, sequenced information, conclusion

  VCEALL622 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA621

  Transfer academic and communication skills from home language to English

  Elaborations

  • applying content and language learning strategies from home language, for example accessing information, taking notes, writing vocabulary lists
  • drawing on content and background knowledge from home language, including translating content knowledge or referring to some specific curriculum area vocabulary in home language

  VCEALA621 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA659

  Access new words from bilingual dictionaries or word lists

  Elaborations

  • consulting resources such as bilingual dictionaries, charts, word lists, online tools or peers and the teacher to find new words, or to check spelling and meaning
  • recording new words from texts or interactions in a vocabulary list that includes English, home language and other details such as meaning or phonetic pronunciation

  VCEALA659 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness