VCELA483
Understand how language use can have inclusive and exclusive social effects, and can empower or disempower people
Elaborations
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identifying language that seeks to align the listener or reader (for example 'of course', 'obviously', 'as you can imagine')
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identifying the use of first person (I, we) and second person pronouns (you) to distance or involve the audience, for example in a speech made to a local cultural community
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identifying references to shared assumptions
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identifying appeals to shared cultural knowledge, values and beliefs
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reflecting on experiences of when language includes, distances or marginalises others
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creating texts that represent personal belief systems (such as credos, statements of ethical judgements, guidelines, letters to the editor and blog entries)
VCELA483 | Curriculum content | English | Level 10 | Speaking and Listening | Language
