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• VCEALC484

  Identify single pieces of information from a short, spoken text

  Elaborations

  • identifying information related to common or personally relevant topics, such as colours, numbers, animals
  • asking questions to help identify relevant items of information, for example ‘What colour was it?’ ‘It was blue’

  VCEALC484 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC546

  Communicate needs in common social and school routines

  Elaborations

  • asking questions and following instructions to meet personal needs, such as where to find resources or what colour pen to use
  • understanding common words for social and school purposes, such as ‘I would like …’, ‘I need some help’

  VCEALC546 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC240

  Demonstrate active listening skills, attending to tone, intonation and body language

  Elaborations

  • displaying appropriate body language while listening, including body orientation, eye contact, facial expressions, nodding or shaking the head
  • using tone and intonation to distinguish between statements, questions and instructions

  VCEALC240 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC245

  Identify some key points of information in short spoken texts, with guidance

  Elaborations

  • understanding learnt vocabulary and sentence structures in texts
  • pointing to parts of pictures that are mentioned in the text or conversation
  • using questions to help identify relevant items of information, for example Teacher: ‘What colour was it?’ Student: ‘It was blue’

  VCEALC245 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC737

  Use available repertoire of spoken English to participate effectively in a mainstream classroom

  Elaborations

  • participating in classroom interactions, including working in pairs, group work and class discussion
  • initiating classroom exchanges, for example by asking a question or offering a suggestion
  • listening to other speakers in order to respond to or build on their contributions in discussions

  VCEALC737 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC506

  Understand short, simple texts for a range of everyday purposes, relying on considerable contextual support

  Elaborations

  • reading short, previously learnt texts or memorised material, such as rhymes, songs, repetitive texts
  • joining in shared reading activities, such as group reading
  • drawing on supplementary information for support, such as illustrations or vocabulary lists, or asking questions of peers and teachers

  VCEALC506 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC481

  Negotiate meaning with supportive conversation partners

  Elaborations

  • asking for repetition or rephrasing of English instructions, explanations and questions
  • using some social formulas, such as ‘please’, ‘thank you’, to aid transactions
  • using circumlocution (talking around a topic) to support developing vocabulary

  VCEALC481 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALL100

  Combine known formulas, structures and other vocabulary to communicate

  Elaborations

  • creating original utterances by using new words with known sentence structures, for example ‘Yesterday I went to the swim’
  • using a range of question beginnings, such as ‘Who’, ‘Where’, ‘How’, ‘Why’, ‘Do you …?’, ‘Can I …?’

  VCEALL100 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL238

  Copy basic punctuation as part of writing work

  Elaborations

  • writing capital and lower-case letters and full stops accurately when copying
  • beginning to copy more complex punctuation accurately, such as commas, question marks, exclamation marks

  VCEALL238 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL518

  Identify some high-frequency adjective–noun and verb–adverb combinations

  Elaborations

  • identifying adjectives next to nouns, and adverbs next to verbs, such as ‘big ball’ and ‘run fast’, with support such as questions or guidance from a teacher
  • matching illustrations to short noun phrases and verb phrases

  VCEALL518 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL478

  Use a range of punctuation marks consistently and correctly

  Elaborations

  • using a range of punctuation, such as full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas and apostrophes, consistently and correctly
  • using commas consistently to separate items in a list, and sometimes to separate clauses or indicate pauses

  VCEALL478 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL542

  Use basic punctuation

  Elaborations

  • writing capital and lower- case letters and full stops accurately
  • using basic punctuation, such as commas and question marks, accurately most of the time
  • experimenting with more complex punctuation such as exclamation marks, quotation marks

  VCEALL542 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL522

  Interpret basic punctuation and spacing

  Elaborations

  • identifying common punctuation, such as full stops, question marks
  • counting words in a sentence or on a line, based on spacing
  • using capital letters and full stops to identify and count sentences in a text

  VCEALL522 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL578

  Locate directly stated information in a text or illustration

  Elaborations

  • using organisational features, such as layout, illustrations and headings, to find information in texts
  • understanding key words in questions or instructions and matching these to illustrations
  • following simple instructions to find information in a digital text by following links and headings

  VCEALL578 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL369

  Understand simple punctuation when reading

  Elaborations

  • using sentence punctuation to identify the nature of sentences, for example whether a sentence is a statement or question
  • using punctuation to identify parts of the sentence, for example pausing appropriately at full stops and commas

  VCEALL369 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL181

  Understand pronunciation and some non-verbal features

  Elaborations

  • distinguishing between questions, instructions and statements based on intonation and contextual information, such as the actions of other students
  • imitating the teacher’s speech when reciting or chorusing stories, songs or rhymes

  VCEALL181 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL671

  Use a range of punctuation marks consistently and correctly

  Elaborations

  • using a range of punctuation consistently and correctly, such as full stops, question marks, commas, apostrophes
  • using commas consistently in lists, to separate clauses or indicate pauses
  • using correct punctuation in direct speech

  VCEALL671 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL501

  Imitate and practise pronunciation, stress and intonation patterns

  Elaborations

  • imitating and rehearsing pronunciation, stress and intonation patterns used by the teacher and peers
  • using word stress, rhythm and intonation in familiar interactions, for example using rising intonation for questions, and stressing key words for emphasis

  VCEALL501 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL261

  Use pronunciation and some non-verbal features to support communication

  Elaborations

  • attending to intonation and tone to distinguish between questions, instructions and statements
  • recognising and imitating features of sounds and intonation in the speech of the teacher and peers, and in video or audio clips
  • expressing emotions through intonation, for example happiness or anger

  VCEALL261 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL101

  Construct a small range of sentence forms

  Elaborations

  • constructing positive and negative statements using subject plus verb, for example ‘I finished’, ‘The bus didn’t come’
  • beginning questions with question words such as ‘Who’, ‘What’, ‘When’, ‘How’
  • beginning commands with an imperative verb, for example ‘Come over here’, ‘Bring that’
  • constructing subject–verb-–object sentences with accuracy
  • giving some additional detail using short noun groups or adjectival phrases, such as ‘He gave me a new book’, ‘I ran really fast’

  VCEALL101 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features