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• VCELA168

  Identify rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and some sounds (phonemes) in spoken words

  Elaborations

  • listening to the sounds a student hears in the word, and writing letters to represent those sounds
  • identifying rhyme and syllables in spoken words
  • identifying and manipulating sounds (phonemes) in spoken words
  • identifying onset and rime in one-syllable spoken words

  VCELA168 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELT228

  Create events and characters using different media that develop key events and characters from literary texts

  Elaborations

  • creating imaginative reconstructions of stories and poetry using a range of print and digital media
  • telling known stories from a different point of view
  • orally, in writing or using digital media, constructing a sequel to a known story

  VCELT228 | Curriculum content | English | Level 2 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT314

  Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences

  Elaborations

  • orally, in writing or using digital media, giving a considered interpretation and opinion about a literary text, recognising that one's view may not be shared by others and that others have equal claims to divergent views

  VCELT314 | Curriculum content | English | Level 5 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELY480

  Review, edit and refine own and others’ texts for control of content, organisation, sentence structure, vocabulary, and/or visual features to achieve particular purposes and effects

  Elaborations

  • reflecting on, critiquing and refining own texts prior to publishing for an authentic audience, such as uploading a movie to a website, contributing to an anthology, writing texts appropriate for the workplace, or delivering a presentation

  VCELY480 | Curriculum content | English | Level 10 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY057

  Grasp and move objects within and between their hands

  Elaborations

  • imitating writing behaviour
  • drawing non-linear shapes and forms
  • making marks on paper
  • crossing the midline to handle and manipulate objects
  • manipulating objects by picking up, putting down, transferring and ‘posting’ objects of various sizes

  VCELY057 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Writing | Literacy

• English | English as an Additional Language (EAL): Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  The English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum is central to the learning and development of all young Australians for whom English is not their home language. Through learning EAL, students build their capacity to communicate confidently and effectively. This learning also...

  Overview material | English as an Additional Language (EAL)

• VCELY329

  Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience

  Elaborations

  • using research from print and digital resources to gather and organise information for writing
  • selecting an appropriate text structure for the writing purpose and sequencing content according to that text structure, introducing the topic, and grouping related information in well-sequenced paragraphs with a concluding statement
  • using vocabulary, including technical vocabulary, appropriate to purpose and context
  • using paragraphs to present and sequence a text
  • using appropriate grammatical features, including more complex sentences and relevant verb tense, pronoun reference, adverb and noun groups/phrases for effective descriptions

  VCELY329 | Curriculum content | English | Level 5 | Writing | Literacy

• English | English as an Additional Language (EAL): Learning in English as an Additional Language

  The language modes and strands of the English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum are interrelated, and learning in one often supports and extends learning in the others. Each content description contains specific and discrete information identifying what teachers are expected to teach...

  Overview material | English as an Additional Language (EAL)

• English | English as an Additional Language (EAL): Structure

  The English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum is organised by pathways, language modes and strands.

  Pathways

  The EAL curriculum is a continuum structured as three EAL pathways (A, B, C). Each pathway describes a different stage of English-language learning (early, mid and late), and...

  Overview material | English as an Additional Language (EAL)

• English | English: Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  The study of English is central to the learning and development of all young Australians. It helps create confident communicators, imaginative thinkers and informed citizens. It is through the study of English that individuals learn to analyse, understand, communicate and build relationships...

  Overview material | English

• English | English: Learning in English

  Students develop knowledge, understanding and skills across the strands of Language, Literature and Literacy. Each strand contributes its own distinctive goals, body of knowledge, history of ideas and interests to the study of English. 

  Learning about and using language

  In the Language...

  Overview material | English

• VCEALA384

  Employ a range of strategies to understand and learn unknown words

  Elaborations

  • using a bilingual dictionary to find an English equivalent for a word known in home language, or vice versa
  • checking meaning in both home language and English before using a word in speech or writing
  • recording vocabulary in a personal list that includes details such as translation in English and home language, pronunciation and meaning

  VCEALA384 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA225

  Use home language to express ideas

  Elaborations

  • writing in home language script or transliterating the sound of a home language word in Roman letters when the English word is unknown
  • asking language peers to explain the meaning of a home language word when asked by the teacher, for example by pointing, drawing or using known language

  VCEALA225 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• 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

• VCEALA720

  Revise text and proofread for accuracy of expression

  Elaborations

  • evaluating own and peers’ writing with reference to model texts and editing checklists
  • using different strategies to read for different purposes when revising, for example reading aloud to check meaning, reading a sentence backwards to check spelling
  • addressing a range of aspects of accuracy, such as grammatical accuracy, spelling, punctuation

  VCEALA720 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA594

  Redraft text with support, incorporating corrections and suggestions

  Elaborations

  • following the teacher’s feedback to edit own work, for example correcting spelling, changing word order
  • reading text to the teacher or peers and making changes to the original text in light of the audience’s comments
  • using checklists to review own or peers’ writing

  VCEALA594 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA595

  Refer to a bilingual dictionary, class lists or previous work to record and find or check words and their meanings

  Elaborations

  • consulting bilingual dictionaries, charts, word lists, peers and the teacher to find and check spelling and meaning of words
  • recording a vocabulary list that includes English, home language and details such as an image or pronunciation
  • writing notes in home language about meaning and pronunciation when encountering new words in texts

  VCEALA595 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA381

  Plan, with support, the format of a text according to its communicative purpose

  Elaborations

  • drawing on knowledge of text types to identify an appropriate text type to use, for example a recipe to describe how to cook
  • drawing on previous learning, notes and templates to plan the structure of the text
  • talking with teacher or peers to explain and justify the sequencing of ideas in writing

  VCEALA381 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• 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

• VCEALA383

  Share ideas and feedback in home language

  Elaborations

  • formulating questions in home language or English to ask peers or teacher about the meaning of unfamiliar words
  • planning a text collaboratively by discussing ideas, structure and language with same language peers before writing
  • explaining feedback using home language in peer-editing activities

  VCEALA383 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness