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• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level B3 achievement standards - Speaking and Listening

  At Level B3 students generally respond to and use the structures and features of English appropriately in an increasing variety of familiar formal and informal contexts. They demonstrate awareness of the register requirements of spoken English necessary for a variety of purposes. They understand...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level B3 | Speaking and Listening

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level C3 achievement standards - Speaking and Listening

  At Level C3 students listen, question and respond successfully in a wide range of social and academic contexts. They demonstrate sufficient control of stress, rhythm and intonation to be understood in most contexts. They use appropriate non-verbal language, take account of purpose and audience...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level C2 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level C2 students read and comprehend a range of short, familiar fictional and factual texts and, when well supported, some unfamiliar texts. These texts may be print or digital texts, including handwritten, visual, multimodal and interactive texts.

  Students show some comprehension beyond...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing

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

  The Level BL curriculum supports students as they develop basic knowledge, understanding and skills in English. Through immersion in English, students build their capacity to initiate and sustain simple conversations with their peers. The curriculum covers grammatical rules that students begin...

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

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway C: Late immersion - EAL: Level C1 description

  The curriculum for Level C1 supports students to develop their communication skills both verbally and non-verbally. It provides a range of opportunities for students to interact with their peers. Through active participation in conversations, students learn about the ways to apply formulaic language...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway C: Late immersion | EAL

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway C: Late immersion - EAL: Level CL description

  The Level CL curriculum supports students as they develop basic knowledge, understanding and skills in English. Through immersion in English, students build their capacity to participate in routine and familiar exchanges in English with their peers. The curriculum covers the practising of pronunciation...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway C: Late immersion | EAL

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

  A range of resources to assist with implementing the F–10 English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):

  • Victorian Curriculum F–10 EAL resources (VCAA)

  The VCAA website...

  Overview material | English as an Additional Language (EAL)

• English | English: Resources

  A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):

  • Victorian Curriculum F – 10 Resources and Support (VCAA)

  Includes general advice and information...

  Overview material | English

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level B2 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level B2 students read familiar and unfamiliar texts containing predictable structures and familiar vocabulary. These texts may be print or digital, including visual, multimodal and interactive.

  Students follow simple written instructions and questions. They identify the basic purposes...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level B2 | Reading and Viewing

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level CL achievement standards - Speaking and Listening

  At Level CL students communicate simply but effectively in English in familiar social and classroom contexts. They communicate using formulaic language; short, simple and well-rehearsed grammatical features; and adaptations of their emerging English repertoire. They use stress and intonation appropriately...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level CL | Speaking and Listening

• English: Level 8 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  By the end of Level 8, students understand how the selection of text structures is influenced by the selection of language mode and how this varies for different purposes and audiences. They explain how language features, images and vocabulary are used to represent different ideas and issues in...

  Level description | English | Level 8 | Reading and Viewing

• English: Level 3 achievement standards - Speaking and Listening

  Students listen to others’ views and respond appropriately using interaction skills. They understand how language features are used to link and sequence ideas. They understand how language can be used to express feelings and opinions on topics. They create a range of texts for familiar and...

  Level description | English | Level 3 | Speaking and Listening

• English: Level 5 achievement standards - Speaking and Listening

  Students listen and ask questions to clarify content. They use language features to show how ideas can be extended. They develop and explain a point of view about a text selecting information, ideas and images from a range of resources. They create a variety of sequenced texts for different purposes...

  Level description | English | Level 5 | Speaking and Listening

• 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)

• VCELA200

  Understand that there are different ways of asking for information, making offers and giving commands

  Elaborations

  • learning the difference between questions and statements, requests and commands
  • learning about different types of questions including closed and open questions and ‘where’, ‘what’, ‘who’ and ‘why’ questions

  VCELA200 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Speaking and Listening | Language

• English: Foundation Level achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  By the end of the Foundation level, students use questioning and monitoring strategies to make meaning from texts. They recall one or two events from texts with familiar topics. They understand that there are different types of texts and that these can have similar characteristics. They identify...

  Level description | English | Foundation Level | Reading and Viewing

• VCEALA435

  Compare and contrast aspects of a text in English with a comparable home language text

  Elaborations

  • completing a Venn diagram or table with features of an English text and a home language text
  • identifying parts of an English text and a home language text that help achieve a purpose, for example by answering ‘Which parts of each text tell you when the events happened?’

  VCEALA435 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL601

  Use single clauses, or use simple coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to combine clauses

  Elaborations

  • constructing compound sentences with a range of coordinating conjunctions (such as ‘and’, ‘but’), for example ‘They knocked on door but nobody answered’
  • constructing complex sentences using some common subordinating conjunctions (such as ‘as’, ‘when’, ‘until’), for example ‘When they arrived, they knocked on door’

  VCEALL601 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL415

  Respond appropriately to structures through word order and vocabulary rather than through intonation

  Elaborations

  • understanding vocabulary and word order for structures, such as questions, statements and negation
  • using question words rather than intonation to indicate a question; for example ‘Do you …?’, ‘What is …?’, ‘Can anybody …?’

  VCEALL415 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level A2 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level A2 students read and respond to a wide range of familiar texts. These texts may be print or digital texts, including visual, multimodal or interactive texts.

  Students predict, ask questions, retell and talk about texts read and viewed in class. With support, they read a range of...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing