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• Auslan - First Language Learner - F–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 8, students interact to share ideas and interests and to offer opinions, using compound and complex sentences, for example by using lexical conjunctions as well as non-manual features (NMFs). They participate in discussions and debates, acknowledging others’ opinions...

  Level description | Languages | Auslan | First Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8

• Korean - F–10 Sequence: Foundation to Level 2 description

  Students become familiar with the sound system of the Korean language, recognising Korean pronunciation as being different from English and other languages. They learn to pronounce syllable blocks as part of sight words, recognising the association between simple vowel and consonant sounds with...

  Level description | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence

• Languages | Non-Roman Alphabet Languages: Learning in Non-Roman Alphabet Languages

  The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority has developed a curriculum for Non-Roman Alphabet languages which will allow these languages to be offered by a Victorian school where there is no specific curriculum available. 

  Diversity of language students

  Understanding the diverse language...

  Overview material | Non-Roman Alphabet Languages

• Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages: Learning in Roman Alphabet Languages

  The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority has developed a curriculum for Roman Alphabet languages which will allow these languages to be offered by a Victorian school where there is no specific curriculum available.

  Diversity of language students

  Understanding the diverse language backgrounds...

  Overview material | Roman Alphabet Languages

• Chinese - Second Language Learner - 7–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 description

  Students develop their ability to share ideas about language and culture systems and develop their skills in moving between languages and cultures. Learning and use focus on active exploration of the Chinese language system, which students draw upon to communicate their own ideas and engage with others.

  Level description | Languages | Chinese | Second Language Learner | 7–10 Sequence

• Italian - F–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 description

  Students consolidate their understanding and use of regular forms and familiar grammatical structures. They expand their understanding through noticing variation and non-standard forms, for example, dialects used in the local community. They also notice exceptions to rules, for example, irregular...

  Level description | Languages | Italian | F–10 Sequence

• VCASFC076

  Research and evaluate information from different sources and perspectives, summarising opinions and critically appraising relationships between texts and contexts

  Elaborations

  • evaluating information collected from different sources to debate issues of interest and significance to the Deaf community, such as eugenics, deaf technology or interpreter ethics
  • using critical literacy skills to recognise textual bias and to distinguish between fact and opinion in differently sourced texts relating to the Deaf community and/or deafness
  • researching a significant event that affects/has affected the Deaf community, summarising findings in the form of contributions to a panel discussion or debate
  • evaluating information presented by their peers or teachers, providing constructive feedback supported by evidence
  • appraising and summarising opinions expressed in formally and informally signed texts
  • using stories by elders and excursions to sites of significance to document, describe and provide explanatory detail of places of importance to the Deaf community
  • using primary or secondary signed sources to research significant events in Deaf history to present a critical overview of how information can be differently presented

  VCASFC076 | Languages | Auslan | First Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Informing

• VCFRU018

  Understand that people use language in ways that reflect their culture, such as where and how they live and what is important to them

  Elaborations

  • exploring the meaning of ‘culture’, how it involves visible elements (such as ways of eating or symbols such as flags) and invisible elements, such as how people live, what they value, and how they think about themselves and others
  • understanding that learning French involves ways of using language that may be unfamiliar (for example, using merci when refusing an offer), and also some ways of behaving and thinking that may be unfamiliar, for example, the importance of food in some family and regional traditions, or ways of expressing or describing feelings or relationships
  • noticing features of French language interactions in some texts and contexts (for example, photos, storybooks or video clips) that may be similar or different to own ways of communicating
  • identifying ways of communicating and behaving associated with Australian contexts, for example, Nippers, rip spotting, body boarding; multicultural days in primary schools

  VCFRU018 | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• Japanese - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 description

  Students observe the relationship between stress, pacing and meaning, and use appropriate intonation patterns to exclaim, make a statement or ask a question. They continue to acquire a wider range of vocabulary and to build grammatical and textual knowledge. They use verbs, nouns and adjectives...

  Level description | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence

• Hindi - F–10 Sequence: Levels 9 and 10 description

  Students extend and consolidate grammatical knowledge, including the use of compound sentences by using postpositions मैं पहले दिल्ली जाऊँगा और अपना काम पूरा करने के बाद कोलकता पहुँचूँगा। and a range of tenses to describe events and personal experiences, पिछले वर्ष जैसे हमने होली का त्योहार मन...

  Level description | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence

• Languages | Italian: Learning in Italian

  Italian language learning

  Italian belongs to the Romance family of languages and is closely connected to its ‘sibling’ languages of Spanish, Portuguese and French. It also has many commonalities and connections with English, sharing many Latin-derived words and using the same Roman...

  Overview material | Italian

• Turkish - F–10 Sequence: Levels 9 and 10 description

  Students extend their grammatical knowledge to a range of forms and functions that give them control of more complex elements of text construction and word formation. They analyse functions of affixation through the identification of adverbial, adjectival and noun phrases, for example, by recognising...

  Level description | Languages | Turkish | F–10 Sequence

• Auslan - Second Language Learner - 7–10 Sequence: Levels 9 and 10 description

  Students are increasingly aware of differences between Auslan and English. They are expanding their knowledge of vocabulary and sentence construction. With support, they use constructed action to show participants in a text, modify indicating verbs for non-present referents with increasing accuracy...

  Level description | Languages | Auslan | Second Language Learner | 7–10 Sequence

• German - F–10 Sequence: Levels 9 and 10 description

  Students expand their knowledge and control of grammatical elements such as register, future tense, reflexive verbs and subordinate clauses. They examine the processes involved in learning and using a different language, recognising cognitive, cultural, personal and linguistic processes. They...

  Level description | Languages | German | F–10 Sequence

• German - 7–10 Sequence: Levels 9 and 10 description

  Students expand their knowledge and control of grammatical elements such as register, future tense, reflexive verbs and subordinate clauses. They examine the processes involved in learning and using a different language, recognising the cognitive, cultural, personal and linguistic processes. They...

  Level description | Languages | German | 7–10 Sequence

• Languages | German: Learning in German

  German language learning

  German is an official language of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Belgium, Luxembourg and in South Tyrol in Italy. It is also used as an official regional or auxiliary language in a number of other countries in Europe, and in Namibia in Africa. As one of...

  Overview material | German

• Languages | Spanish: Learning in Spanish

  Spanish language learning

  Spanish is a language spoken by approximately 500 million people across the world. Spanish evolved from Latin on the Iberian Peninsula in around the ninth century, and spread from Spain to the Caribbean and to North, Central and South America as a result of the expeditions...

  Overview material | Spanish

• Non-Roman Alphabet Languages - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 description

  Students use the language being studied in the classroom for a widening range of purposes: exchanging information, expressing ideas and feelings, performing role plays, dialogues, and responding to experiences. Social contexts such as families, the neighbourhood, locality and community influence...

  Level description | Languages | Non-Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence

• Victorian Aboriginal Languages: Levels 7 to 10 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 10, students use the language to initiate, sustain and extend interactions, and to exchange information about interests, experiences and aspirations. They use spontaneous language wherever possible to participate in activities that involve taking action, collaborating, planning...

  Level description | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Levels 7 to 10

• VCITC067

  Create short bilingual texts such as captions, stories and commentaries

  Elaborations

  • creating bilingual resources such as glossaries, signage, recipes, children’s stories, factual reports, timelines or brochures, both individually and collaboratively
  • creating and presenting a bilingual oral history (possibly including fragments of dialects) of an older Italian person

  VCITC067 | Languages | Italian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Translating