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• VCEALC778

  Write extended factual texts conveying a variety of aspects of topics from across the curriculum

  Elaborations

  • writing extended factual texts reflecting the structure and language of the text type
  • writing a range of texts used across the curriculum areas (such as a historical essay, information report, procedure, explanation), with reference to templates and models
  • incorporating information from two or three sources used in class

  VCEALC778 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC758

  Read independently a wide range of accessible texts

  Elaborations

  • reading independently, applying a range of approaches such as predicting, skimming, scanning, reading for pleasure
  • locating information on a research topic using library resources and online materials, including appropriate search engines

  VCEALC758 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC424

  Access, interpret and evaluate information from a range of print and digital texts, including visual, multimodal and interactive

  Elaborations

  • following instructions to find the appropriate page in a book and identifying the topic and main ideas
  • comparing two simple websites on the same topic to choose the more useful one

  VCEALC424 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC402

  Participate in most social situations using English

  Elaborations

  • interacting with teacher in situations such as greeting, leave-taking, sharing a story or helping with a simple task
  • participating in social situations with other students such as conversations about personal experience or games in the schoolyard contributing to interactions in the classroom, including class discussions, group activities and pair work

  VCEALC402 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC374

  Write simple personal texts

  Elaborations

  • following a template or model text and filling in details to write personal texts, such as letters of invitation, thanks to visitors, blogs or emails
  • writing simple texts related to personal experiences or shared classroom activities

  VCEALC374 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC295

  Use additional information to support simple narrative or recount sentences

  Elaborations

  • drawing illustrations or diagrams to accompany sentences in a narrative or recount
  • using online storyboarding software to create a simple story map to show the events and characters in a narrative

  VCEALC295 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC652

  Present information in a variety of forms

  Elaborations

  • presenting information in a range of visual forms, such as a table, chart, graph
  • illustrating a narrative to reflect descriptions given in the original text
  • following instructions to create tables, graphs or images in software applications

  VCEALC652 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC524

  Label familiar images and simple maps

  Elaborations

  • writing a caption for an image
  • copying and completing short, formulaic sentences to describe the images, such as ‘This is a …’

  VCEALC524 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC427

  Follow a series of task instructions with some detail in print or digital texts

  Elaborations

  • following the ingredients section in a simple recipe to retrieve the correct amount of each ingredient
  • assembling familiar equipment in the correct arrangement to conduct a simple science experiment

  VCEALC427 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC407

  Rehearse or role-play a spoken text, such as negotiating a problem or giving a short talk

  Elaborations

  • replicating features of the selected situation, for example interpersonal language in a negotiation or formal expression in a talk
  • practising and improving pronunciation, phrasing, fluency, intonation, volume and pace when rehearsing

  VCEALC407 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC714

  Use visual stimuli to convey information

  Elaborations

  • presenting information in a range of visual forms, such as diagrams, graphs, maps
  • writing a caption or labels to describe an image
  • using software applications to create and format tables, graphs or images

  VCEALC714 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC115

  Respond to texts in personal and creative ways

  Elaborations

  • responding creatively to a text, for example role-playing or drawing a picture
  • talking about features of a story or poem that have personal appeal, such as fantasy elements, favourite characters, interesting words or phrases
  • responding to texts through art, drama, movement and music
  • talking about a favourite page to peers

  VCEALC115 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC717

  Write personal and imaginative texts showing an awareness of elements such as text structure or storyline and character

  Elaborations

  • following key elements of model texts in the structure and language used, and experimenting with new forms in some places
  • combining personal experience, ideas from other texts, and imaginative detail into creative texts

  VCEALC717 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC550

  Exchange information in oral interactions

  Elaborations

  • understanding a range of common questions on personal or familiar topics
  • using common sentence structures and borrowing phrases from questions, for example ‘What do you like to do on the weekends?’ ‘I like to do sport on the weekends’

  VCEALC550 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC031

  Understand aspects of simple, familiar texts

  Elaborations

  • recognising illustrations or character names when rereading a familiar story
  • understanding repeated conventional features of familiar text types, such as titles, ‘Once upon a time’
  • identifying characters, settings or key events in a narrative
  • showing comprehension through appropriate activities, such as sequencing pictures, dramatising a story, painting or drawing characters

  VCEALC031 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC759

  Extract and manipulate relevant information from a range of texts

  Elaborations

  • understanding connections between print and visual aspects of a text
  • locating, interpreting and explaining information from visual representations such as tables, graphs, diagrams and maps

  VCEALC759 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC484

  Identify single pieces of information from a short, spoken text

  Elaborations

  • identifying information related to common or personally relevant topics, such as colours, numbers, animals
  • asking questions to help identify relevant items of information, for example ‘What colour was it?’ ‘It was blue’

  VCEALC484 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC296

  Write simple factual texts using print and computers or other digital devices for a variety of classroom purposes

  Elaborations

  • writing simple factual texts to give information, instruction or keep records, such as a digital class journal

  VCEALC296 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC632

  Employ a repertoire of strategies to read familiar and simple factual and fictional texts

  Elaborations

  • adjusting focus of reading in response to the demands of the text and the reading task, for example scanning the text for particular information or skimming to get the main idea
  • bringing content knowledge and familiar vocabulary to reading

  VCEALC632 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC701

  Interpret the various icons, menu items and links on an accessible website

  Elaborations

  • recognising icons used for common functions, such as search, download and print
  • reading menus or links in order to navigate a website

  VCEALC701 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Reading and Viewing | Communication