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• VCELA333

  Understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time

  Elaborations

  • recognising that a knowledge of word origins is not only interesting in its own right, but that it extends students’ knowledge of vocabulary and spelling
  • exploring examples of words in which pronunciation, writing and meaning has changed over time, including words from a range of cultures

  VCELA333 | Curriculum content | English | Level 5 | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA312

  Understand how to use banks of known words, syllabification, spelling patterns, word origins, base words, prefixes and suffixes, to spell new words, including some uncommon plurals

  Elaborations

  • learning that many complex words were originally hyphenated but have become ‘prefixed’ as in ‘uncommon’, ‘renew’ ‘email’ and ‘refine’
  • talking about how suffixes change over time and new forms are invented to reflect changing attitudes to gender, for example ‘policewoman’, ‘salesperson’; ‘air hostess’/‘steward’ or ‘flight attendant’

  VCELA312 | Curriculum content | English | Level 5 | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCEALL494

  Use basic time and sequence markers

  Elaborations

  • understanding simple time markers, such as ‘yesterday’, ‘later’, ‘now’
  • following instructions that include sequence markers, such as ‘first’, ‘next’, ‘last’

  VCEALL494 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL493

  Repeat short modelled utterances with understanding

  Elaborations

  • listening to and reproducing the sequence of ideas in a short spoken report or recount

  VCEALL493 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level C4 achievement standards - Speaking and Listening

  At Level C4 students demonstrate greater autonomy and control over their use of English, combining their expanding vocabulary with the appropriate use of a wide range of complex grammatical features including modal verbs, passive voice and tenses. They demonstrate understanding of the ways that...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening

• VCEALL098

  Use common time and sequence markers to link ideas in speech

  Elaborations

  • following instructions that include sequence markers, such as ‘first’, ‘next’, ‘and then’, ‘after that’
  • understanding and using simple time markers such as ‘yesterday’, ‘later’, ‘now’

  VCEALL098 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL021

  Understand the tense of statements or instructions by using time references

  Elaborations

  • understanding common time references in basic sentences, such as ‘We went yesterday’, ‘Tomorrow we will go’, ‘Now we can eat lunch’
  • matching simple verb tense to time words, such as ‘Yesterday we did …’, ‘Tomorrow we do …’
  • sometimes using inconsistent tense when describing events in the past, present and future, for example ‘We waited and then catch the train’

  VCEALL021 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCELY410

  Analyse and explain how language has evolved over time and how technology and the media have influenced language use and forms of communication

  Elaborations

  • identifying and explaining how mobile technologies are influencing language uses and structures
  • analysing the ways that identity may be created in digital contexts
  • identifying how meanings or words change or shift depending on context, for example the word ‘cool’ is used to describe temperature or to express approval when used in informal contexts

  VCELY410 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELA452

  Understand that Standard Australian English is a living language within which the creation and loss of words and the evolution of usage is ongoing

  Elaborations

  • identifying some of the changes in the grammar of English over time, for example from thee and thou to you
  • exploring examples of ‘Globish’ English

  VCELA452 | Curriculum content | English | Level 9 | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCEALA465

  Follow a simple writing process, including planning, drafting and revision

  Elaborations

  • talking to language peers in home language or English to generate and refine ideas before writing
  • recording structured notes or a plan in home language and/or English before writing, for example writing dot points under headings or filling in a planning template
  • revising writing using a range of resources, such as feedback from peers and teacher, model texts and checklists

  VCEALA465 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• English: Level A description

  In Level A, students begin to engage, participate and receive communication with known adults, teachers and peers. Opportunities are provided for students to explore English knowledge, understanding, skills and processes through everyday experiences, personal interests and significant events....

  Level description | English

• VCEALL751

  Formulate extended statements with increasing control over grammatical features

  Elaborations

  • formulating extended utterances for a range of purposes, such as making statements, giving instructions, asking questions
  • expanding the detail in statements using a range of grammatical features, including adverbs, noun groups and more complex verb phrases, for example ‘I eventually finished reading that very interesting and sometimes challenging book’

  VCEALL751 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA035

  Understand that texts are meaningful

  Elaborations

  • recognising that everyday texts are meaningful, for example asking the teacher to read a sign aloud
  • showing awareness that print and visual texts are created to share a message
  • understanding that print texts contain a consistent message, for example indicating when the ending of a well-known story varies
  • understanding that different texts have different purposes, including picture books, class blogs, reports
  • selecting from familiar texts to achieve a specific purpose, for example ‘Which chart tells us about time?’
  • recalling the key message of sections of a familiar text that is revisited in class

  VCEALA035 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCELA290

  Understand how texts are made cohesive through the use of linking devices including pronoun reference and text connectives

  Elaborations

  • knowing how authors construct texts that are cohesive and coherent by using pronouns that link to something previously mentioned, determiners (for example 'this', 'that', 'these', 'those', 'the'), text connectives that create links between sentences (for example 'however', 'therefore', 'nevertheless', 'in addition', 'by contrast', 'in summary')
  • identifying how participants are tracked through a text by, for example, using pronouns to refer back to noun groups/phrases
  • describing how text connectives link sections of a text providing sequences through time, for example ‘firstly’, ‘then’, ‘next’, and ‘finally’

  VCELA290 | Curriculum content | English | Level 4 | Writing | Language

• VCEALC680

  Prepare and deliver an oral presentation, after modelling and support

  Elaborations

  • using specified criteria to plan, revise, rehearse and deliver a presentation
  • attending to multiple features of speech, including pronunciation, volume, pace, intonation
  • attending to non-verbal aspects of presentation such as maintaining eye contact with the audience or using body language for emphasis
  • creating and using memory aids such as palm cards or slides

  VCEALC680 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway B: Mid immersion - EAL: Level B2 description

  The Level B2 curriculum develops students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to their spoken English. Students learn to negotiate simple exchanges in English, combining their understanding of both verbal and non-verbal language. They refine and further develop a wide range of fundamental...

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

• VCEALC112

  Understand a small range of simple, familiar texts

  Elaborations

  • reading back own writing
  • reading well-known words or phrases (such as ‘Tuesday’, ‘Once upon a time’) in new contexts
  • recognising familiar vocabulary in new simple texts
  • reading a range of topic-related texts, including informative, imaginative and persuasive texts, with support

  VCEALC112 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway C: Late immersion - EAL: Level C2 achievement standards - Speaking and Listening

  At Level C2 students use simple but effective strategies for initiating communication and negotiating meaning. They communicate effectively in a range of familiar social and some basic academic contexts, experimenting with and adapting their developing English and cultural understanding. With...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway C: Late immersion | EAL | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening

• VCEALL334

  Use specific time and sequence markers in speech

  Elaborations

  • using time markers to indicate specific moments in the past, present and future, such as ‘yesterday’, ‘last week’, ‘on the weekend’
  • following instructions that include sequence markers such as ‘first’, ‘then’, ‘after that’, ‘finally’

  VCEALL334 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCELA391

  Understand the way language evolves to reflect a changing world, particularly in response to the use of new technology for presenting texts and communicating

  Elaborations

  • exploring languages and dialects through building webcam relationships with schools across Australia and Asia
  • investigating changes in word use and meaning over time and some of the reasons for these changes, for example the influence on spelling and vocabulary of new forms of communication like texting, emoticons and email

  VCELA391 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Speaking and Listening | Language