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• VCEALL127

  Use developing knowledge of English to predict some words or phrases

  Elaborations

  • finishing familiar phrases or sentences from known texts
  • recognising the ways in which new and already known information is presented in sentences
  • using knowledge of familiar words and phrases to make predictions about sentences and collocations, such as for collocations with ‘take’, for example ‘Don’t take the bus. It’s faster if you take the train’, ‘Why did you take so many photos?’

  VCEALL127 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA094

  Transfer knowledge of spoken discourse patterns from home language to English, with some issues of cultural appropriateness

  Elaborations

  • using home language discourse patterns, for example calling the teacher ‘Teacher’ rather than using their name or title
  • using home language social practices in interactions, such as avoiding eye contact or not voicing opinion

  VCEALA094 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level A2 description

  The Level A2 curriculum supports students to expand their repertoire of spoken and written English. Students explore communication in predictable social situations. Students learn to identify key points in familiar topics and to develop their capacity to use images as cues to decode meaning.

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

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

  At Level A2 students communicate in an expanding range of predictable social and learning situations. They express ideas and identify key points of information in classroom discussions about familiar topics, and in new topics when they are well supported by visual material, an appropriate pace...

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

• VCEALA121

  Locate words in a bilingual dictionary or in class word lists

  Elaborations

  • referring to a picture or bilingual dictionary to check spelling or meaning of English words
  • locating words on classroom charts and word lists
  • adding to word lists to keep a record of words, spelling, meaning and pronunciation in English and home language

  VCEALA121 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA146

  Use a range of resources to find words or phrases for own writing

  Elaborations

  • using a range of resources to find words or phrases or to check spelling, such as simple bilingual dictionaries, home language peers, vocabulary lists, classroom texts, spellchecker on a computer or digital device
  • talking to home language peers to explain the word in home language and ask for a translation into English
  • recording the word in home language and English in personal dictionary or vocabulary chart
  • translating word for word from home language to English
  • adapting the translation using English sentence structure

  VCEALA146 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA096

  Ask for translation of specific words from other home language speakers

  Elaborations

  • formulating questions in English and home language to clarify classroom instructions or new ideas and vocabulary
  • drawing on a range of shared languages to negotiate meaning and clarify information
  • understanding responses from peers that combine function words and topic words in home language and English
  • recording translations of new words in personal vocabulary lists, including words and definitions in English and home language

  VCEALA096 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA147

  Show interest in patterns of spelling

  Elaborations

  • asking how to write new words
  • noticing similar spelling patterns, for example words that contain the same letter combinations, such as ‘find’ and ‘finger’; ‘air’ and ‘chair’
  • comparing words in English with home language forms and meanings

  VCEALA147 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA095

  Use sentence patterns from home language to communicate ideas

  Elaborations

  • using home language sentence patterns or word order, for example ‘the house white’, ‘I very like swimming’
  • formulating original utterances to communicate ideas and combining English vocabulary with home language sentence patterns

  VCEALA095 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA120

  Select suitable books to read

  Elaborations

  • selecting books based on topics of interest or recommendations from others
  • skimming part of a book to check for familiar English content, images, size, amount of print and layout, before making a selection
  • comparing books with those previously read, in order to predict the suitability of topic, language, length and structure

  VCEALA120 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA091

  Initiate and maintain simple conversations with others

  Elaborations

  • understanding and responding to simple English expressions related to personal or familiar topics, for example answering simple questions by giving basic information about self
  • borrowing words from questions asked, for example ‘What is your hobby?’, ‘My hobby is …’
  • negotiating meaning through use of gestures, modified speech, simple questions and clarifications
  • initiating exchanges in social and learning context, for example by asking a question

  VCEALA091 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL149

  Use a variety of simple text structures

  Elaborations

  • relying on templates or model texts for organisational structure, for example using an introduction, body paragraphs and a conclusion
  • copying topic sentences or parts of sentences to support idea generation and to structure writing
  • reflecting the vocabulary and structure of spoken English in print texts
  • using a variety of simple text structures, such as a title, an opening, an ending, a caption
  • using basic conjunctions and connectives to show time and sequence, such as ‘On Saturday I … We went … We saw … I went ... Then I ... And then ...’

  VCEALL149 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features