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• VCEALL751

  Formulate extended statements with increasing control over grammatical features

  Elaborations

  • formulating extended utterances for a range of purposes, such as making statements, giving instructions, asking questions
  • expanding the detail in statements using a range of grammatical features, including adverbs, noun groups and more complex verb phrases, for example ‘I eventually finished reading that very interesting and sometimes challenging book’

  VCEALL751 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL785

  Write a range of extended texts using the structures appropriate to the text types

  Elaborations

  • constructing a range of clearly structured and cohesive texts from different curriculum areas, such as report, argument, discussion, review
  • using model texts and templates to inform the structure of print texts, making some adaptations to suit the particular purpose, audience and content of the text

  VCEALL785 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL773

  Read and understand complex descriptive language

  Elaborations

  • understanding extended noun groups that use adverbs, prepositional phrases and relative clauses, for example ‘the many ways in which groups of monkeys communicate through sound’

  VCEALL773 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL771

  Demonstrate understanding of complex language

  Elaborations

  • understanding sentences containing complex features (such as embedded clauses, noun groups and modality), for example ‘If the temperature rises, the polar caps may melt, resulting in …’
  • connecting and transforming simple sentences using a range of grammatical structures to create extended compound and complex sentences

  VCEALL771 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL786

  Write a range of cohesive texts with accuracy

  Elaborations

  • connecting ideas at the whole-text level using organisational features, such as detailed introductions containing a preview of key ideas, conclusions containing a clear summary
  • writing cohesive paragraphs with logical connections between ideas in each sentence

  VCEALL786 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL756

  Use pronunciation, intonation, volume and stress to support meaning

  Elaborations

  • modelling intonation, volume, stress and pacing on the speech of others such as teachers, peers, performers or presenters
  • adjusting features of speech to support and convey meaning, such as modifying mood in storytelling or giving emphasis in persuasive speech
  • using intonation, volume and stress to emphasise an opinion or emotion, such as ‘That is NOT what happened’

  VCEALL756 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL794

  Spell words accurately using a range of strategies

  Elaborations

  • spelling accurately a wide range of words including unusual and technical words, using knowledge of spelling conventions and letter–sound relationships
  • referring to dictionaries, online tools, curriculum area texts and personal vocabulary lists to check spelling

  VCEALL794 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL795

  Use a wide range of punctuation marks to add impact to writing

  Elaborations

  • producing texts in a range of digital formats, such as text documents, slides, infographics, simple websites, videos
  • using advanced writing and formatting functions in software applications, such as spellchecker, font styles, paragraph formatting
  • using software application functions to add, format and edit images and tables, with guidance

  VCEALL795 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL772

  Understand a range of verb forms in particular text types

  Elaborations

  • understanding complex verb groups, including elaborated tenses (such as ‘had not realised’), extended verb groups (such as ‘did not expect to be found’) and modality (such as ‘need to consider’)
  • recognising verb forms that are used in particular text types, such as passive voice in procedural recounts

  VCEALL772 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL748

  Sustain complex ideas and information in coherent spoken texts, taking account of audience and purpose

  Elaborations

  • understanding and applying organisational features of a range of spoken texts, such as reports, persuasive texts, multimodal presentations
  • presenting a logical sequence of information in prepared and impromptu spoken texts

  VCEALL748 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL769

  Demonstrate awareness of the role of the structures and features in a range of texts

  Elaborations

  • comparing and explaining the functions of features of texts, for example an informative text and a persuasive text on the same topic
  • transforming texts from one type to another, using the appropriate features, for example transforming an interview transcript into a report

  VCEALL769 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL757

  Self-correct and improve aspects of pronunciation that impede communication

  Elaborations

  • identifying patterns of pronunciation that pose difficulty in own speech, such as the articulation of final consonants or a specific vowel sound, or inappropriate word stress
  • rehearsing pronunciation with a partner or recording pronunciation using a digital device to self-assess, in order to make improvements

  VCEALL757 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL774

  Demonstrate a broad technical vocabulary across the curriculum areas

  Elaborations

  • reading, with understanding, texts containing new vocabulary, some subject-specific vocabulary and figurative language
  • responding to the use of vocabulary in a text, for example by describing emotions elicited by particular words or phrases
  • creating graphic organisers, for example word clines or word maps, to illustrate the relationships between synonyms and antonyms

  VCEALL774 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL790

  Demonstrate control of a wide range of verb forms

  Elaborations

  • controlling a wide range of tenses
  • attempting complex verb groups incorporating multiple elements such as time and negatives, for example ‘I guess you are not planning to go’
  • using modal verbs, including with complex tenses, such as ‘They should not have to go’, ‘This needs to be considered’

  VCEALL790 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL752

  Use extended topic-related verb groups

  Elaborations

  • choosing from a wide range of action, saying, sensing and relating verbs to express precise meaning, for example ‘construct’, ‘produce’, ‘appreciate’, ‘prefer’
  • using extended verb groups, for example ‘about to start packing up’, ‘would not want to be noticed’
  • expressing more complex verbs using elaborated tenses, for example ‘hadn’t noticed’, ‘we’re getting hungry’
  • expressing modality through words such as ‘may’ and ‘might’

  VCEALL752 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL775

  Use contextual cues to interpret difficult words

  Elaborations

  • predicting meaning of new words based on knowledge of the base word, such as ‘educate’, ‘uneducated’, ‘education’
  • inferring the meaning of an unfamiliar word by using contextual information such as the topic of the text, meaning of adjacent sentences and meanings of familiar words in the same sentence

  VCEALL775 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL753

  Use a range of extended descriptive phrases

  Elaborations

  • building noun groups using a range of adverbs, prepositional phrases and relative clauses, for example ‘the unusual colours of the bird’s tail feathers that help it camouflage in the grass’
  • choosing appropriate vocabulary to construct noun groups for imaginative or informative texts, for example ‘a flock of colourful parrots’, ‘less than 10% of native seed-eating birds’

  VCEALL753 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL793

  Use an expanded vocabulary appropriate for the curriculum area

  Elaborations

  • incorporating sophisticated vocabulary appropriate for the curriculum area, such as subject-specific terms, antonyms, synonyms, abstract nouns
  • distinguishing between different meanings for words in different contexts, for example ‘psychological complex’, ‘complex issue’, ‘complex sentence’ and ‘residential complex’ convincing scientific evidence supporting this theory …’

  VCEALL793 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL755

  Use words with multiple meanings across curriculum areas

  Elaborations

  • using a range of vocabulary learnt from different curriculum areas in spoken texts, such as discussions, presentations
  • using different specialist and everyday meanings of words, such as using ‘state’ in reference to a territory, a state of matter and a state of affairs

  VCEALL755 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL768

  Examine the role of the structures and features of mainstream texts in different curriculum areas

  Elaborations

  • comparing and contrasting structure and language features of texts from different curriculum areas, such as comparing reports from Science and History, or essays from English and Art
  • examining structures and features of texts in curriculum areas through guided activities, such as labelling, sequencing, transforming texts

  VCEALL768 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features