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• VCEALL105

  Understand phrases describing place or location

  Elaborations

  • using common prepositions (such as ‘in’, ‘on’, ‘at’) to add simple detail about place, for example ‘go on the train’, ‘stay at home’
  • understanding instructions incorporating place or location, such as ‘over here’, ‘next to the chair’

  VCEALL105 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL230

  Write sentences that may not follow standard word order

  Elaborations

  • writing with some errors in word order, such as ‘I saw a car blue’

  VCEALL230 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | 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

• VCEALL473

  Use some antonyms and synonyms

  Elaborations

  • using a range of synonyms to avoid repetition
  • accessing resources such as word lists or a print or online thesaurus to help identify antonyms and synonyms

  VCEALL473 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL156

  Use some curriculum or content area vocabulary

  Elaborations

  • using learnt topic-specific vocabulary in simple modelled sentences

  VCEALL156 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Writing | 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

• VCEALL513

  Show basic understanding of differences between fiction and non-fiction texts through their purpose, topic and layout

  Elaborations

  • classifying texts as fiction or non-fiction, based on layout, structure and content
  • distinguishing between different texts based on purpose, topic and layout, for example identifying a story about a personal experience and a book about animals

  VCEALL513 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL098

  Use common time and sequence markers to link ideas in speech

  Elaborations

  • following instructions that include sequence markers, such as ‘first’, ‘next’, ‘and then’, ‘after that’
  • understanding and using simple time markers such as ‘yesterday’, ‘later’, ‘now’

  VCEALL098 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL643

  Interpret the way information is organised in texts

  Elaborations

  • using organisational features, such as headings, labels, diagrams and content lists, to find information in texts
  • navigating a digital text using a series of links to locate specific information
  • matching parts of a text together, for example topic sentences to paragraphs, titles to chapters, captions to diagrams

  VCEALL643 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL024

  Understand gender in common personal and possessive pronouns

  Elaborations

  • pointing correctly to people or illustrations based on questions or instructions using gendered personal (‘him’, ‘her’) or possessive pronouns (‘his’, ‘her’), for example ‘Who is he?’, ‘Which is her bag?’
  • using gendered pronouns with accuracy some of the time, for example ‘He is my dad’, ‘My aunty, he …’

  VCEALL024 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL315

  Incorporate learnt vocabulary into writing

  Elaborations

  • matching words to definitions or labelling diagrams
  • referring to classroom charts and personal vocabulary lists for key vocabulary

  VCEALL315 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL212

  Locate letters on a keyboard

  Elaborations

  • reading letters from a word or short text and locating them on a keyboard

  VCEALL212 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL072

  Write simple repetitive modelled sentences

  Elaborations

  • writing a small range of sentences copied from a model text, such as ‘I like …’, ‘I went to …’, ‘Today is …’
  • writing repetitive sentence beginnings, for example ‘I … Then I … Then I …’

  VCEALL072 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL287

  Build a vocabulary that draws on words of interest, topic words and sight words

  Elaborations

  • following instructions related to labelled items or locations, for example ‘Take out your laptop’, ‘Place your printed work in the “finished” basket’
  • reading sight words in a new text
  • recording words of interest in a personal dictionary or vocabulary book

  VCEALL287 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL608

  Use basic digital technology functions

  Elaborations

  • using basic functions of a keyboard and computer or other digital device, for example locating letters, numbers and symbols, using the shift key, space bar and mouse
  • using basic software applications to type text and perform simple edits, for example inserting or deleting a word
  • following simple instructions with visual support to navigate a digital text using menu items or links

  VCEALL608 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL534

  Use repetitive or modelled sentences with information about self and experiences

  Elaborations

  • relying on familiar sentence structures and filling in personal details, such as ‘My name is ...’, ‘On the weekend I …’
  • using the same expression in writing as in speech

  VCEALL534 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | 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

• VCEALL173

  Construct two- or three-word utterances, with the support of actions, gestures or visuals

  Elaborations

  • using common vocabulary and short formulaic expressions to communicate intention, such as ‘Shut door’
  • pointing, miming or gesturing to supplement speech

  VCEALL173 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL023

  Demonstrate variable placement of common adjectives to describe or add emphasis

  Elaborations

  • combining an adjective with a noun to create simple noun groups, with varying accuracy, such as ‘big truck’, ‘car blue’
  • using a small range of common adverbs, such as ‘slowly’, ‘very’
  • combining some common adverbs with verbs to describe action, with varying accuracy, for example ‘walk slowly’, ‘sing good’
  • using common adverbs to vary intensity, for example ‘very hot’, ‘little bit funny’

  VCEALL023 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features