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• VCEALL472

  Combine simple sentences using common conjunctions

  Elaborations

  • combining simple sentences using a range of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, for example ‘We need trees so we should not cut them all down’, ‘Riding motorbikes can be dangerous, but people still like to do it because it is exciting’

  VCEALL472 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL254

  Use a range of learnt word patterns for appropriate purposes

  Elaborations

  • using formulas for a range of purposes, including asking questions, supporting social interaction or self-expression, such as ‘What’s the time?’, ‘Oh, no!’, ‘Excellent work’, ‘Well done’
  • using longer formulaic constructions to articulate needs, such as ‘Can I eat lunch?’, ‘I want to go toilet’

  VCEALL254 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

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

  At Level C2 students write with a degree of autonomy for a range of everyday classroom and personal purposes, such as describing, explaining and recounting. They independently write some basic texts and experiment with presenting their own ideas. Their texts show varying grammatical accuracy....

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

• VCEALL644

  Show awareness of how cohesive devices organise ideas

  Elaborations

  • locating in a text a small range of connectives (such as ‘then’, ‘so’), pronouns (such as ‘this’, ‘that’) and articles (such as ‘a’, ‘the’)
  • identifying how the use of related vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms or words related to a particular topic) can make connections between parts of a text
  • following the items referred to by reference items through a long text, for example ‘The movement of electricity through some metals can be converted to heat. This is an easy way to heat people’s homes, and the electricity needed to do this is not too expensive’

  VCEALL644 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• 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

• VCEALL791

  Use relative clauses and adjectival expressions for descriptive purposes

  Elaborations

  • writing relative clauses to add description, for example ‘The group, which consisted of four men and four women …’
  • writing complex adjectival phrases to describe concrete and abstract nouns in sentences, for example ‘The most reliable and efficient product on the market …’, ‘The convincing scientific evidence supporting this theory …’

  VCEALL791 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | 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

• English | English as an Additional Language (EAL): Scope and Sequence

  The English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning structured as three pathways. The pathways are presented in scope and sequence charts to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning...

  Overview material | English as an Additional Language (EAL)

• VCEALC632

  Employ a repertoire of strategies to read familiar and simple factual and fictional texts

  Elaborations

  • adjusting focus of reading in response to the demands of the text and the reading task, for example scanning the text for particular information or skimming to get the main idea
  • bringing content knowledge and familiar vocabulary to reading

  VCEALC632 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level A1 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level A1 students read and engage with a wide range of short, simple, repetitive texts, including shared recounts and fictional and everyday texts. These texts may be in print or visual form.

  Students read in context some familiar words, phrases, numbers and signs. They complete simple...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level C4 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level C4 students compare and make judgments about different texts (such as texts on the same topic by different authors) and read a wide range of accessible and culturally appropriate texts from across the curriculum with a high degree of independence. These texts may be print or digital texts...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway B: Mid immersion - EAL: Level BL achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level BL students read a wide range of familiar, short, simple, repetitive fictional and everyday texts, and complete basic structured activities based on them. These texts may be print or digital, including visual, multimodal and interactive.

  Students retell a simple and familiar story...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway B: Mid immersion | EAL | Level BL | Reading and Viewing

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level A1 achievement standards - Writing

  At Level A1 students communicate their ideas and experiences simply through drawings, copied writing, dictated texts and their own basic writing, showing evidence of a developing understanding of the writing process. They contribute to shared writing activities. They demonstrate an early awareness...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level A1 | Writing

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level B1 achievement standards - Speaking and Listening

  At Level B1 students communicate verbally and non-verbally in routine social and classroom situations, understanding controlled English that is supported by its immediate context. They use formulas, well-rehearsed and common sentence patterns, and short, simple utterances to contribute relatively...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level C4 achievement standards - Writing

  At Level C4 students write, with appropriate support, the full range of extended fictional and factual text types undertaken across the curriculum. With support they vary their writing to be consistent with the text type, the context and the needs of the reader, presenting similar content in different...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level C4 | Writing

• VCEALA531

  Use memory and/or home language knowledge to retrieve newly learnt words and structures

  Elaborations

  • organising newly learnt vocabulary according to home language schemas
  • calling on language peers for help translating personal needs and responses from home language to English

  VCEALA531 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC403

  Self-correct or reformulate language to convey meaning more clearly

  Elaborations

  • attending to the responses of listeners, such as body language, facial expressions or verbal feedback to judge whether clarification is needed
  • clarifying meaning, for example ‘I mean …’

  VCEALC403 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALL724

  Write cohesive texts for a range of purposes

  Elaborations

  • connecting ideas and information at the whole-text level, for example writing topic sentences to focus paragraphs, and to connect paragraphs to the introduction and conclusion
  • ordering ideas in a paragraph so that they follow a logical sequence, for example chronological order, most common to least common examples

  VCEALL724 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA702

  Understand the relationship between text structures and social purposes of text types studied in class

  Elaborations

  • understanding a range of school texts, such as a practical report, a review, a research project
  • discussing the purpose of individual features of a text, for example headings in a pamphlet or images on a website
  • using modelled metalanguage to name and describe features of texts

  VCEALA702 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC758

  Read independently a wide range of accessible texts

  Elaborations

  • reading independently, applying a range of approaches such as predicting, skimming, scanning, reading for pleasure
  • locating information on a research topic using library resources and online materials, including appropriate search engines

  VCEALC758 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing | Communication