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• VCEALC326

  Identify key points of information in short spoken texts

  Elaborations

  • recognising key topic words from classroom activities and texts
  • recalling the sequence of ideas in a spoken text
  • answering questions using a familiar structure on a familiar topic

  VCEALC326 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC190

  Participate in activities around class texts

  Elaborations

  • sequencing pictures in order
  • answering simple questions about ideas in a text
  • participating with key repetitive phrases or choruses in shared reading activities

  VCEALC190 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL025

  Borrow key words from previous speaker

  Elaborations

  • borrowing key words from questions to compose answers, such as Student 1: ‘Do you want to play chasey?’, Student 2: ‘Yeah, play chasey’

  VCEALL025 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL664

  Use mostly standard word order

  Elaborations

  • constructing short sentences with standard word order
  • writing different sentence types in appropriate contexts, for example statements to answer questions, commands in instructional texts

  VCEALL664 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA119

  Participate in simple group activities based on shared texts

  Elaborations

  • reading a text in chorus or reciting familiar poems or rhymes
  • responding to the text, for example illustrating a section, answering questions about a text
  • joining group discussions by listening to peers and giving brief, relevant responses to questions

  VCEALA119 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC483

  Comprehend some familiar questions with support from the speaker

  Elaborations

  • comprehending questions on familiar topics, such as self and family
  • understanding common question words, such as ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘when’
  • relying on some accommodations, such as slow and deliberate speech, simple phrasing, repetition and paraphrasing

  VCEALC483 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC004

  Question to check meaning so as to clarify or confirm

  Elaborations

  • checking understanding of simple, familiar instructions and routines, for example Teacher: ‘It’s playtime.’ Student: ‘Go outside?’
  • using learnt social formulas, such as ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, when asking questions
  • using simple formulaic expressions to make requests or ask questions, for example ‘Please say again’, ‘What is that?’
  • listening to and using speaker’s key words when asking for clarification, for example Teacher: ‘Paste it in your book.’ Student: ‘Language book?’
  • supplementing spoken requests with gesture and mime

  VCEALC004 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC267

  Follow simple written instructions and questions with support

  Elaborations

  • following simple written instructions or questions, for example ‘Open the book to this page’
  • responding to familiar, simple written instructions or questions, such as ‘Write your name’, ‘How old are you?’

  VCEALC267 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL580

  Demonstrate awareness of basic sentence and question patterns

  Elaborations

  • ordering words and phrases to create grammatical and logical sentences and questions
  • pointing out the subject, verb and object in sentences such as ‘She bought some fruit’
  • identifying question words such as ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘why’

  VCEALL580 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL017

  Recognise simple questions and instructions through intonation and context

  Elaborations

  • recognising that a question has been asked, based on intonation
  • recognising and following instructions based on the actions of peers

  VCEALL017 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL133

  Recognise that full stops and question marks separate text

  Elaborations

  • using punctuation to identify whether a sentence is a statement or question
  • pausing appropriately at full stops when reading
  • using a rising intonation when reading a question

  VCEALL133 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL560

  Choose correct syntactic forms for questions, statements and commands

  Elaborations

  • beginning questions with question words such as ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘how’
  • using auxiliary verbs with some accuracy to construct simple open, closed, positive and negative questions, for example ‘Do you like running?’, ‘Why can’t you eat that?’
  • constructing positive and negative statements using subject + verb, for example ‘I finished’ and ‘The bus arrived’
  • beginning commands with an imperative verb, for example ‘Come over here’, ‘Bring that’

  VCEALL560 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA171

  Distinguish spoken English from other languages and attempt to respond using basic English

  Elaborations

  • recognising the sounds and words of English when being spoken to
  • using familiar words and formulaic phrases to answer direct questions
  • assessing which language(s) the speaker knows, and responding using shared repertoire

  VCEALA171 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA198

  Make simple connections between personal experience and familiar stories

  Elaborations

  • identifying familiar settings, characters or events in stories
  • answering simple questions about personal experience related to stories, for example ‘Have you ever …?’, ‘Do you like … too?’

  VCEALA198 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA250

  Distinguish spoken English from other languages and respond in English

  Elaborations

  • recognising the sounds and words of English in interactions
  • using common words and formulaic phrases to answer questions and express meanings
  • drawing on shared linguistic resources to clarify and negotiate meaning using English and other available languages

  VCEALA250 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA490

  Distinguish spoken English from other languages and attempt to respond in English

  Elaborations

  • recognising the sounds and words of English when being spoken to
  • using familiar words and formulaic phrases to answer direct questions
  • assessing which language(s) the speaker knows, and responding using shared repertoire

  VCEALA490 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC163

  Respond appropriately verbally or non-verbally when spoken to

  Elaborations

  • indicating agreement or non-agreement through body language or simple utterances such as ‘yes’ or ‘no’
  • answering familiar personal questions using single-word responses, such as name, age, likes or dislikes

  VCEALC163 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC351

  Contribute to group activities on shared texts

  Elaborations

  • listening to group discussion, contributing relevant ideas and negotiating responses to the group activity
  • creating shared responses to the text, for example answering questions or jointly writing a short extension to a story

  VCEALC351 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC698

  Skim a text for general meaning and scan to find detailed information

  Elaborations

  • skimming a text by identifying key words in the title, headings and topic sentences to determine the purpose and main idea of the text
  • scanning a text to extract details such as names, numbers, specific words, answers to questions

  VCEALC698 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL499

  Recognise and use common words relating to familiar class routines, people, experiences and interests

  Elaborations

  • identify, clarify and rehearse words, referring to classroom charts and personal vocabulary lists
  • using common and familiar vocabulary in speech, for example in conversation, in class discussion or when answering questions

  VCEALL499 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features