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• English: Level B description

  In Level B, students communicate with peers, teachers and known adults. Opportunities are provided for students to explore English knowledge, understanding, skills and processes through everyday experiences, personal interests and significant events. Students begin to understand that communication...

  Level description | English

• VCELA036

  Recognise that texts can have many forms, can use images, objects and symbols

  Elaborations

  • beginning to understand that multimodal texts may include symbols, images and objects
  • recognising some photographs, images and objects in a text

  VCELA036 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCELA060

  Recognise ways to gain and maintain attention

  Elaborations

  • gaining the attention of others through gestures, facial expressions, sounds and movements
  • interacting with a familiar adult by attending and making eye contact for extended periods of time
  • refining their behaviour and actions based on the response of others (cause and effect)
  • developing a small repertoire of predictable and consistent responses

  VCELA060 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELY069

  Listen to and respond to simple instructions

  Elaborations

  • attending to a familiar speaker, song or story
  • listening and responding to a simple closed question and indicating a choice, for example indicating which equipment is wanted, selecting a switch or image to request help or an object
  • making relevant responses such as nod of head to indicate understanding when communicating or listening to instructions

  VCELY069 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Speaking and Listening | Literacy

• VCELA059

  Use sounds, gestures, images and facial expressions to communicate

  Elaborations

  • responding to their name and the names of familiar people
  • responding consistently to familiar contexts including people, places and objects
  • showing an understanding that sound and action convey meaning
  • contributing to small group discussions by sharing a favourite toy
  • gaining and directing attention, such as turning attention toward the person who is communicating
  • recognising some of the sounds, gestures and facial features of familiar people and contexts
  • reproducing part of a short message by pointing and/or using objects or pictures

  VCELA059 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Speaking and Listening | Language