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• VCEALA066

  Clarify the meaning of a word in home language and ask for the word to be written so it can be copied

  Elaborations

  • talking to home language peers to explain the idea in home language and ask for a translation into English
  • asking peers or the teacher to write the word in English after hearing the translation

  VCEALA066 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA040

  Use simple dictionaries and word charts

  Elaborations

  • referring to picture dictionaries or bilingual dictionaries in the classroom to check meaning or spelling
  • using words from classroom vocabulary charts when speaking or writing
  • keeping copies of vocabulary charts that include images, English and home language

  VCEALA040 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA062

  Contribute ideas, words or sentences to a class or group shared story

  Elaborations

  • listening to the contributions of others and adding new or different ideas
  • making suggestions about the ideas to include in the text, for example the people and events to be included
  • drawing on familiar vocabulary and sentence structures to suggest expressions for shared writing

  VCEALA062 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL074

  Use some common noun–verb and adjective–noun combinations

  Elaborations

  • writing simple adjectives and verbs as single words or part of short phrases, for example ‘tall tree’, ‘He runs’
  • using simple adjectives to express personal opinions or responses, such as ‘nice’, ‘little bit’

  VCEALL074 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALC055

  Copy well-known symbols, words, phrases or short texts

  Elaborations

  • tracing or copying letters, words and sentences written by the teacher
  • copying out a short text jointly constructed by the class
  • copying and completing short, formulaic sentences to describe familiar images, such as ‘This is a …’
  • making corrections to own writing when copying text

  VCEALC055 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALL079

  Experiment with some familiar punctuation

  Elaborations

  • using basic punctuation some of the time, such as full stops at the end of sentences, capital letters to begin sentences and for names
  • writing capital and lower-case letters and full stops accurately when copying
  • beginning to copy more complex punctuation accurately, such as commas, question marks, exclamation marks, quotation marks

  VCEALL079 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA067

  Use some home language words and words copied from various sources

  Elaborations

  • copying words from classroom resources such as labels, signs, word lists
  • writing in home language script or transliterating the sound of a home language word in English letters when the English word is unknown
  • asking home language peers or the teacher for the English translation and spelling of a home language word
  • explaining the meaning of a home language word when asked, for example by pointing, drawing, using known language

  VCEALA067 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC030

  Read short, familiar texts

  Elaborations

  • reading familiar texts aloud, such as own writing, a familiar story, a text used in class, with prompts from the teacher
  • tracking words with a finger while listening to a simple text read aloud
  • reading short, previously learnt texts, such as simple rhymes, songs, repetitive texts
  • reading classroom signs, labels, words from classroom charts
  • reading some familiar words and short phrases in context, such as everyday signs and labels, familiar names, some letters, basic numbers, some common logos

  VCEALC030 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL026

  Recognise and use words from lexical sets related to immediate communicative need, interest or experience

  Elaborations

  • use common words related to immediate needs, such as colours, numbers, days, family- and school-specific word sets
  • using a single word for a variety of purposes, for example using ‘book’ to mean ‘This is my book’, ‘Where is her book?’, ‘I’d like to borrow that book’
  • referring to classroom charts and personal vocabulary lists to identify, clarify and rehearse words
  • using a range of strategies to learn new words and phrases, such as private rehearsal, personal vocabulary lists, use in own speech and writing

  VCEALL026 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features