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• VCEALL097

  Identify a number of spoken text types and forms

  Elaborations

  • identifying a range of spoken texts, such as stories, poems, plays, recounts, descriptions, instructions
  • using purpose, structure, content and language to help identify familiar spoken text types

  VCEALL097 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL110

  Identify and produce phonemes in blends or clusters at the beginning and end of syllables

  Elaborations

  • identifying and repeating rhyming words using phoneme blends, for example ‘share’ and ‘chair’; ‘mind’ and ‘find’
  • identifying words or syllables that contain the same phonemes, for example ‘bump’, ‘camp’
  • blending two or three phonemes together to make syllables, for example ‘b-oo-k’, ‘sh-ee-t’

  VCEALL110 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL585

  Pronounce a range of words comprehensibly based on knowledge of vocabulary and letter–sound relationships

  Elaborations

  • pronouncing accurately and reading fluently basic vocabulary or phrases
  • sounding out letters and letter combinations when reading unfamiliar words

  VCEALL585 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL291

  Self-correct with guidance

  Elaborations

  • self-correcting pronunciation based on feedback from the listener
  • breaking unfamiliar words into morphemes or syllables

  VCEALL291 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL080

  Spell with accuracy some consonant–vowel–consonant words and common words learnt in the classroom

  Elaborations

  • spelling some high-frequency words accurately from memory, including own name, short words used regularly, and consonant–vowel–consonant words such as ‘bag’, ‘top’, ‘get’
  • referring to classroom charts and personal vocabulary lists to check and confirm the spelling of high-frequency words
  • recording high-frequency words in a personal vocabulary list

  VCEALL080 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL394

  Use a varied and appropriate vocabulary

  Elaborations

  • choosing from a growing range of common topic vocabulary
  • beginning to use a small range of synonyms to avoid repetition

  VCEALL394 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL693

  Use specific curriculum area language, including technical terms

  Elaborations

  • incorporating learnt vocabulary into spoken texts, such as discussions, presentations
  • using technical terms (such as ‘photosynthesis’, ‘expiration’) and sub-technical terms (such as ‘process’, ‘analysis’)

  VCEALL693 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL211

  Attempt to self-correct

  Elaborations

  • self-correcting pronunciation when the listener does not understand the word being read

  VCEALL211 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL311

  Use common verb forms correctly

  Elaborations

  • using common simple past tense forms with the suffix ‘–ed’ consistently, though over-generalising rules for some less common irregular past tense verbs, such as ‘catched’, ‘freezed’, ‘waked’
  • using common irregular past tense verbs, such as ‘went’, ‘said’, ‘bought’
  • expressing simple negative constructions accurately, for example ‘I do not like …’

  VCEALL311 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL645

  Read texts that contain compound and complex sentences of two or three clauses

  Elaborations

  • understanding compound sentences using common coordinating conjunctions (such as ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’) and complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions (such as ‘because’, ‘if’, ‘before’)

  VCEALL645 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL227

  Write or dictate in sentences or phrases that match oral sentence structures

  Elaborations

  • using the same expression in writing as in speech, such as ‘Go to school’, ‘Come here’, ‘Play with …’
  • dictating a story for the teacher to write down, based on drawings or prompts

  VCEALL227 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL623

  Use simple time and sequence markers to connect ideas in speech

  Elaborations

  • using a range of time markers in speech, such as ‘yesterday’, ‘this morning’, ‘in the future’
  • using a range of sequence markers, such as ‘first’, ‘then’, ‘after that’, ‘finally’

  VCEALL623 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL690

  Use basic and some complex verb forms accurately

  Elaborations

  • consistently using simple past and present tense verbs accurately, including common irregular verbs
  • beginning to use a range of more complex verb forms accurately, including auxiliary verbs and negatives, for example ‘We are going on excursion’, ‘She does not want to miss out’
  • using passive voice based on modelled examples, such as in procedural recounts, for example ‘The equipment was collected’

  VCEALL690 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• 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

• 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

• VCEALL651

  Self-correct pronunciation when reading aloud

  Elaborations

  • applying knowledge of less common sounds and words with similar letter patterns to alter pronunciation
  • seeking assistance from speech partners to re-pronounce words

  VCEALL651 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL566

  Repeat or re-pronounce words or phrases through self-correction, if not understood

  Elaborations

  • attending to the listener’s body language or asking directly whether own speech has been understood
  • attempting to re-pronounce words using different pronunciation, stress or pace

  VCEALL566 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL082

  Use basic keyboard skills to write personally significant words and simple modelled sentences

  Elaborations

  • locating letters, numbers and common symbols accurately on a keyboard
  • using basic functions of a keyboard, for example using the shift key and space bar
  • typing letters, numbers, symbols and words, copying from a print text
  • typing familiar words, such as own name, without copying

  VCEALL082 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL787

  Use an extended range of cohesive devices to improve fluency

  Elaborations

  • using connectives to show contrast (‘however’, ‘nevertheless’, ‘although’), sequence (‘finally’, ‘subsequently’), adding (‘additionally’, ‘furthermore’) and consequence (‘therefore’, ‘consequently’)
  • using pronouns to refer to repeated ideas in a section of text, for example ‘The first reason … It is … This leads to …’
  • using complex prepositions to show relationships between ideas, for example ‘Among the causes …’, ‘Following the protests …’

  VCEALL787 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL629

  Use topic-related compound words to extend vocabulary

  Elaborations

  • rehearsing and repeating learnt topic vocabulary
  • recognising familiar parts of topic-related compound words, such as ‘landform’, ‘earthquake’
  • using topic-related compound words in class discussions or spoken texts, with reference to classroom charts or vocabulary lists

  VCEALL629 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features