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• VCEALC184

  Read simple, familiar texts with assistance

  Elaborations

  • reading classroom signs, labels, words from classroom charts
  • reading aloud one sentence at a time from own writing
  • tracking words with a finger while listening to a simple text read aloud

  VCEALC184 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL232

  Use basic descriptive words

  Elaborations

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

  VCEALL232 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA225

  Use home language to express ideas

  Elaborations

  • writing in home language script or transliterating the sound of a home language word in Roman letters when the English word is unknown
  • asking language peers to explain the meaning of a home language word when asked by the teacher, for example by pointing, drawing or using known language

  VCEALA225 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA191

  Show awareness that texts convey meaning

  Elaborations

  • understanding that print words contain a consistent message
  • understanding that different texts have different purposes, including picture books, class writing, diaries
  • identifying a familiar book or text that contains a particular message, for example when asked ‘Which book told us about the rainforest?

  VCEALA191 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness