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• VCEALL628

  Use familiar vocabulary to convey shades of meaning

  Elaborations

  • using a range of familiar vocabulary to convey shades of meaning, such as ‘good’, ‘fine’, ‘terrific’, ‘wonderful’, ‘excellent’
  • using subject-related synonyms and antonyms (such as ‘hot’, ‘warm’, ‘cool’, ‘cold’ and ‘quick’, ‘fast’, ‘slow’) to extend meaning in spoken texts

  VCEALL628 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA641

  Check and/or confirm the meaning of unfamiliar words using a bilingual dictionary

  Elaborations

  • using a bilingual dictionary to find an English equivalent for a word known in home language, or vice versa
  • recording spelling, meaning and translations of new words in a personal vocabulary list

  VCEALA641 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL649

  Use syntactic, logical and cultural cues to work out the meaning of unknown words in a text

  Elaborations

  • using other information in the text, such as syntactical patterns (for example the arrangement of words in sentences ‘The boy jumped happily’ and ‘The boy happily jumped’), consistent use of words and cultural cues to deduce meanings
  • drawing on home language knowledge of culture to deduce meanings of words or phrases

  VCEALL649 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway C: Late immersion - EAL: Level C2 description

  The Level C2 curriculum supports students to enhance their knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to spoken English. At this level, students learn to initiate and negotiate topics when speaking in English in a range of contexts. The curriculum focuses on pronunciation, stress and intonation...

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

• 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

• VCEALC614

  Interact with peers in routine pair or group work activities

  Elaborations

  • listening to peers and responding appropriately, by acknowledging, clarifying or adding to what they say
  • negotiating meaning by rephrasing, clarifying and asking questions

  VCEALC614 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level C2 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level C2 students read and comprehend a range of short, familiar fictional and factual texts and, when well supported, some unfamiliar texts. These texts may be print or digital texts, including handwritten, visual, multimodal and interactive texts.

  Students show some comprehension beyond...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing

• VCEALA659

  Access new words from bilingual dictionaries or word lists

  Elaborations

  • consulting resources such as bilingual dictionaries, charts, word lists, online tools or peers and the teacher to find new words, or to check spelling and meaning
  • recording new words from texts or interactions in a vocabulary list that includes English, home language and other details such as meaning or phonetic pronunciation

  VCEALA659 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA660

  Attempt to communicate more complex ideas by drawing on a bilingual dictionary or other home language resources

  Elaborations

  • consulting a bilingual dictionary or home language peers to search for words that communicate nuanced meaning
  • using online translation tools to generate approximate translations, and then improving these based on learnt grammatical patterns

  VCEALA660 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC610

  Negotiate interactions with reliance on an attentive conversation partner

  Elaborations

  • expressing complex thoughts and feelings in familiar situations
  • seeking assistance or feedback from speech partners to formulate or confirm corrected expressions
  • clarifying and elaborating on meaning by recasting and defining what has been said

  VCEALC610 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALA640

  Show awareness of differences in text formats in English compared to home language

  Elaborations

  • comparing the purpose, structure and language used in related texts in English and home language, for example news reports about the same event
  • recognising different cultural ways of expressing meanings through text, for example differences in the structure of an argument or ways of presenting evidence

  VCEALA640 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness