VCEALC613 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication
VCEALL493 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features
The English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum is organised by pathways, language modes and strands.
The EAL curriculum is a continuum structured as three EAL pathways (A, B, C). Each pathway describes a different stage of English-language learning (early, mid and late), and...
Overview material | English as an Additional Language (EAL)
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
At Level A2 students communicate in an expanding range of predictable social and learning situations. They express ideas and identify key points of information in classroom discussions about familiar topics, and in new topics when they are well supported by visual material, an appropriate pace...
Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening
The Level A1 curriculum supports students as they develop basic knowledge, understanding and skills in English. Through immersion in English, students build their capacity to participate in routine and familiar exchanges in English with their peers. As a result, they begin to recognise the ways...
Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL
At Level B2 students read familiar and unfamiliar texts containing predictable structures and familiar vocabulary. These texts may be print or digital, including visual, multimodal and interactive.
Students follow simple written instructions and questions. They identify the basic purposes...
Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level B2 | Reading and Viewing
Students working at Level B1 read short familiar texts, based on simple language structures and features, common vocabulary and familiar contexts. They retell simply, predict likely outcomes, sequence ideas, and complete basic comprehension activities. These texts may be print or digital, including...
Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing
At Level B3 students generally respond to and use the structures and features of English appropriately in an increasing variety of familiar formal and informal contexts. They demonstrate awareness of the register requirements of spoken English necessary for a variety of purposes. They understand...
Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level B3 | Speaking and Listening
At Level C1 students write for a range of basic classroom and personal purposes, making lists and writing simple journal entries, notes, descriptions, recounts of events and instructional texts. Their basic sentences and short texts are based on well-practised spoken English and familiar contexts...
Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level C1 | Writing
At Level CL students communicate simply but effectively in English in familiar social and classroom contexts. They communicate using formulaic language; short, simple and well-rehearsed grammatical features; and adaptations of their emerging English repertoire. They use stress and intonation appropriately...
Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level CL | Speaking and Listening
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
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
At Level C1 students communicate simply but effectively in English in social and classroom contexts across the curriculum. They negotiate meaning and interact with others using formulaic language; short, simple and well-rehearsed grammatical features; and creative adaptations of their English...
Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway C: Late immersion | EAL | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening
VCEALC675 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Communication
VCEALL069 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features
VCEALC215 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Communication
VCEALC569 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication
VCEALC326 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication
VCEALC190 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Communication
