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• English: Level D achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  By the end of Level D, students listen to and view a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts from familiar contexts. They identify the main character and event in an imaginative text. They use visual images to identify the key topic or theme within an informative text. They understand familiar...

  Level description | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing

• VCEALA008

  Understand when a response is required and attempt to respond using either known words or non-verbal language

  Elaborations

  • responding appropriately to comments with simple non-verbal language, or indicating non-comprehension, such as by smiling when greeted, shaking or nodding head in response to questions
  • indicating agreement or non-agreement through body language or simple utterances such as ‘yes’ or ‘no’
  • giving simple, short responses to familiar questions, for example ‘My name is …’

  VCEALA008 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC002

  Respond simply to questions and prompts

  Elaborations

  • recognising familiar question stem words such as ‘Who’, ‘Where’, ‘Do’
  • understanding common or personal questions, for example ‘How old are you?’, ‘What sports do you like?’
  • giving simple responses, such as nodding, ‘yes’, ‘no’, short learnt phrases
  • responding to questions with a single word or phrase but making longer utterances by substituting words in known sentence patterns
  • expanding on basic personal information when prompted, supported and given adequate time, such as ‘My name is ...’, ‘I come from …’
  • borrowing and adapting key words from questions, for example by reordering, as in Teacher: ‘Are you finished, Ali?’ Student: ‘Ali finished’

  VCEALC002 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCELY378

  Use comprehension strategies to interpret, analyse and synthesise ideas and information, critiquing ideas and issues from a variety of textual sources

  Elaborations

  • identifying words that refer to a character or person in a text and explaining how these words contribute to a particular representation of the character or person

  VCELY378 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY443

  Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse texts, comparing and evaluating representations of an event, issue, situation or character in different texts

  Elaborations

  • evaluating techniques used to construct plot and create emotional responses, for example comparison, contrast, exaggeration, juxtaposition, the changing of chronological order, or the expansion and compression of time

  VCELY443 | Curriculum content | English | Level 9 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY469

  Use comprehension strategies to compare and contrast information within and between texts, identifying and analysing embedded perspectives, and evaluating supporting evidence

  Elaborations

  • identifying the meaning of an increasing range of subtle vocabulary, for example inferring the different connotations of words in advertising texts from other cultures

  VCELY469 | Curriculum content | English | Level 10 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY319

  Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources

  Elaborations

  • using research skills including identifying research purpose, locating texts, gathering and organising information, evaluating its relative value, and the accuracy and currency of print and digital sources and summarising information from several sources

  VCELY319 | Curriculum content | English | Level 5 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY289

  Compare and evaluate two texts presenting the same ideas and analyse why one is more comprehensible or engaging than the other

  Elaborations

  • describing the language which different authors use to create imaginary worlds
  • comparing how textual features such as headings, sub-headings, bold type and graphic organisers are used to order and present information

  VCELY289 | Curriculum content | English | Level 4 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway B: Mid immersion - EAL: Level B1 description

  The curriculum for Level B1 supports students to develop their communication skills both verbally and non-verbally. Students follow simple instructions, answer predictable questions, make basic requests and express needs simply. Through active participation in conversations, students learn about...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway B: Mid immersion | EAL

• VCEALA272

  Identify basic purposes and likely audiences of different text types

  Elaborations

  • answering simple questions about the text, such as ‘Would this text be more useful for a parent or a child?’

  VCEALA272 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC426

  Interpret and explain information from a range of images in text

  Elaborations

  • interpreting a bar graph to identify the highest and lowest results
  • answering questions about a labelled diagram

  VCEALC426 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL282

  Use some of the terminology of reading

  Elaborations

  • understanding terminology such as ‘author’, ‘title’, ‘letter’, ‘word’, ‘sentence’
  • identifying features of a text in answer to questions such as ‘Who is the author of this book?’

  VCEALL282 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALC270

  Participate in simple group activities on shared texts, with some support

  Elaborations

  • joining group discussions by listening to other students and giving brief, relevant responses to questions
  • responding to the text, for example illustrating a section or answering questions about a text

  VCEALC270 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCELY104

  Listen to and respond to the communication from an adult in classroom situations

  Elaborations

  • listening and responding to simple instructions and questions
  • answering simple questions using single word responses, for example yes, no, red, bus or alternative and augmentative communication

  VCELY104 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Speaking and Listening | Literacy

• VCEALL581

  Recognise and follow common imperatives

  Elaborations

  • recognising and following classroom instructions containing familiar imperatives, for example ‘read’, ‘answer’, ‘find out’, ‘complete’
  • following simple sets of instructions, for example ‘Read page one. Answer the set question’

  VCEALL581 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCELY412

  Use comprehension strategies to interpret and evaluate texts by reflecting on the validity of content and the credibility of sources, including finding evidence in the text for the author’s point of view

  Elaborations

  • reflecting on content by connecting and comparing information found in a text to knowledge sourced elsewhere
  • determining and applying criteria for evaluating the credibility of a website
  • explaining whether the author conveys meaning adequately, particularly in distinguishing fact from opinion

  VCELY412 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCEALC569

  Demonstrate understanding by performing a task

  Elaborations

  • following print instructions to conduct a simple task or experiment
  • dramatising or drawing parts of a story
  • answering simple questions, indicating true/false statements or sequencing information

  VCEALC569 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC189

  Make simple predictions or inferences about a text, with support

  Elaborations

  • answering simple questions predicting events in a familiar text, for example ‘Where will they go next?’
  • matching words that describe emotions with images in a book, for example ‘happy’, ‘sad’

  VCEALC189 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC326

  Identify key points of information in short spoken texts

  Elaborations

  • recognising key topic words from classroom activities and texts
  • recalling the sequence of ideas in a spoken text
  • answering questions using a familiar structure on a familiar topic

  VCEALC326 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC190

  Participate in activities around class texts

  Elaborations

  • sequencing pictures in order
  • answering simple questions about ideas in a text
  • participating with key repetitive phrases or choruses in shared reading activities

  VCEALC190 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Communication