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• VCNRU017

  Recognise that the languages people use reflect their culture, such as who they are, where and how they live, and find examples of similarities and differences between the language being studied and their own ways of communicating

  Elaborations

  • exploring the meaning of ‘culture’, considering different lifestyles and symbols such as flags, including the Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag
  • exploring the significance of different cultural practices, activities and games
  • recognising words that reflect aspects of the culture of the language
  • understanding that particular Australian English terms and expressions have no equivalent in the language, for example, billabong, corroboree, the bush
  • recognising features of the target language interactions which may be similar or different to own ways of communicating

  VCNRU017 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCNRU064

  Apply knowledge of grammatical features and construct compound and complex sentences

  Elaborations

  • using a range of tenses and voices to describe routines and actions
  • using a range of regular and irregular verbs to develop sentence structures
  • creating compound and complex sentences

  VCNRU064 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 7 and 8 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCECD018

  Discuss the role of context and experience in ethical decision-making and actions

  Elaborations

  • discussing the impact of experience on the decisions of a character in response to ethical problems over the course of a narrative, for example, Lockie Leonard
  • investigating why people may apply different reasoning in different circumstances , for example, in situations involving friends or strangers, work or leisure, or different places or cultures
  • using examples of acts to investigate whether there are exceptions to claims such as ‘failure is never good’, ‘fighting is always wrong’, ‘selfishness is never good’, ‘caring is always good’ and considering the importance of context and experience in justifications for exceptions, for example, failure of a physical challenge versus a medical operation, fighting a war versus fighting in a brawl, aiming to win a game versus maximising profit, and doing something for someone when they are injured versus not injured

  VCECD018 | Capabilities | Ethical Capability | Levels 7 and 8 | Decision Making and Actions

• VCNRC056

  Convey and present information and ideas on a range of topics in different types of texts and in a variety of modes

  Elaborations

  • presenting information on a variety of topics for a range of purposes and audiences
  • presenting findings from interviews with peers in own class or in language classes and settings, using formats such as profile posters, charts and timelines
  • summarising and conveying the main points of texts, deducing the meaning of some unknown words and phrases, and identifying known cultural references, images and other content which contribute to the overall meaning
  • organising and presenting information for an audience who speak the language, for example, a web page describing and explaining leisure activities of young people in Australia
  • reporting in either a journal/diary entry or article for a school magazine on own and others’ experiences of events such as a concert, school camp, excursion or new educational computer game

  VCNRC056 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Informing

• Capabilities | Intercultural Capability: Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  Intercultural interactions have become a part of everyday life in our increasingly multicultural and globalised world. Developing intercultural knowledge, skills and understandings is an essential part of living with others in the diverse world of the twenty-first century. The Intercultural...

  Overview material | Intercultural Capability

• Capabilities | Intercultural Capability: Structure

  Intercultural Capability is organised into two interrelated strands: Cultural Practices and Cultural Diversity.

  Strands	Cultural Practices	Cultural Diversity
  	This strand involves students in describing, observing and analysing characteristics of their own cultural identities and those...

  Overview material | Intercultural Capability

• VCNRC022

  Convey information about self, others, home and school life, using simple statements and support materials such as photos, maps or charts

  Elaborations

  • creating print or digital texts to describe people, objects or their favourite pets/animals
  • creating a class profile from information collected from peers, for example, creating a chart or database to identify favourite sports, food or colours
  • presenting information on events or topics of possible interest to children of their own age in countries where the target language is spoken, using multimodal resources and authentic materials as support, such as menus, artefacts, brochures, maps
  • selecting information gained from print, visual and oral texts to design a digital display model or class book, for example, a class timetable or a map of their school

  VCNRC022 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Informing

• VCCCTM029

  Investigate thinking processes using visual models and language strategies

  Elaborations

  • drawing mind maps for different purposes, such as classifications or to identify connections
  • examining a range of sentence starters and identifying those associated with a thinking process such as planning or evaluating, and writing them on cards and creating a wall display

  VCCCTM029 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Levels 5 and 6 | Meta-Cognition

• VCNRU030

  Recognise and use elements of the language's grammar, such as word order, gender and singular/plural forms, to describe people, objects or events

  Elaborations

  • beginning to describe and explain features of the target language using metalanguage
  • creating simple sentences
  • experimenting with compound sentences
  • recognising the differences or similarities in word order in simple sentences
  • expressing negation in simple sentences
  • expanding number knowledge up to 100

  VCNRU030 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCPSCSE045

  Analyse the significance of independence and individual responsibility in the completion of challenging tasks

  Elaborations

  • creating a mind map drawing connections between independence, individual responsibility and successful completion of a challenging task
  • drawing links between the degree of responsibility and their motivation to complete tasks
  • responding to the following statement ‘There is no one to blame when you work on your own’

  VCPSCSE045 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 9 and 10 | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSE025

  Explore the links between their emotions and their behaviour

  Elaborations

  • creating a video or play to show the links between emotions and behaviour
  • analysing stories/movies to demonstrate the links between emotions and behaviour
  • exploring how individuals experience changing emotions and changing intensity of emotions, depending on the situation and day
  • predicting probable emotions and subsequent behaviours by interpreting body language

  VCPSCSE025 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Self-Awareness and Management | Recognition and expression of emotions

• VCCCTQ012

  Investigate different techniques to sort facts and extend known ideas to generate novel and imaginative ideas

  Elaborations

  • using a table to compare observable features of living, non-living and once living things; creating a checklist of what makes something living; and using the table and checklist to imagine a new living creature
  • using a technique such as ‘SCAMPER’ to generate novel ideas for the use of particular objects, for example adapting an object originally intended for cooking to be a musical instrument
  • exploring the technique of breaking down a movement sequence into its smaller parts and then rethinking the combination of those parts when creating a new movement sequence
  • exploring strategies to determine the strength of rules to explain patterns of numbers or shapes

  VCCCTQ012 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Levels 3 and 4 | Questions and Possibilities

• VCICCB010

  Explain how intercultural experiences can influence beliefs and behaviours, including developing a critical perspective on and respect for their own and others cultures

  Elaborations

  • using a range of overseas and national travel brochures to discuss different ideas about travel, including the notion that travel broadens peoples horizons, and create a list of reasons how and why Australians travel
  • creating a class list of what having an ‘open mind’ might look like and why it may be useful during intercultural experiences, such as in scenarios like student exchanges or overseas travel
  • exploring the meaning of terms such as tolerance, respect and acceptance and discussing a range of ways to show respect for different cultural practices
  • discussing how body language and gestures can influence communication and describing differences in meanings attached to body language and gestures in different cultures, such as giving a ‘thumbs up’, bowing or pointing

  VCICCB010 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Cultural Practices

• VCECD022

  Discuss issues raised by thinking about consequences and duties, in approaches to decision-making and action, and arguments for and against these approaches

  Elaborations

  • defining and comparing ethical terms such as deontology and consequentialism, identifying the main contestabilities and applying findings to discuss the costs and benefits of a proposal such as diverting money from a planned pedestrian crossing to a hospital, or from the foreign aid budget to domestic farmers, or from programs that respond to health problems to those that claim to prevent health problems
  • using hypothetical ethical dilemmas to compare consequential and duty-based approaches to decision-making and their contestabilities, for example the trolley problem, where a switch can be flipped to divert a runaway carriage that would crash into five railway workers, but would instead kill one person standing on the other line (from Philippa Foot), or whether to stay and look after a family member or go and fight evil forces (from Sartre), or a politician lying in an attempt to protect citizens from harm (from Machiavelli - the problem of Dirty Hands)
  • examining issues in fiction that show problems with consequence and duties-based approaches to decision-making, such as conflicts between rights or duties or potentially causing the suffering of the few for the sake of the majority, for example, in “The Hunger Games” or “Les Miserables”, for example, when Jean Valjean faces the decision of whether to save the person mistakenly identified as him

  VCECD022 | Capabilities | Ethical Capability | Levels 9 and 10 | Decision Making and Actions

• VCCCTQ002

  Consider personal reactions to situations or problems and how these reactions may influence thinking

  Elaborations

  • matching reactions to a series of visual prompts with an action, for example, selecting a happy emoji in response to a dog, and matching this to a picture of patting, and reflecting on how the personal reaction influenced the choice of action
  • responding to a variety of sounds such as voices, electronic instruments and everyday objects and reflecting on how this influences their ideas when developing/creating a soundscape
  • making a prediction as part of science inquiry and considering whether their initial reaction influenced their prediction, for example predicting which object is heaviest/lightest

  VCCCTQ002 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Foundation to Level 2 | Questions and Possibilities

• VCCCTQ022

  Experiment with alternative ideas and actions by setting preconceptions to one side

  Elaborations

  • using set brainstorming rules such as deferring judgment, or building on the ideas of others, as part of a small group creating a Rube Goldberg machine
  • identifying and then setting aside preconceptions on the impact of consumer choices, to consider other perspectives from the broader community
  • exploring how to set preconceptions aside by constructing an opposing view, for example writing a paragraph about their favourite book or movie and preparing possible ideas to oppose their original view

  VCCCTQ022 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Levels 5 and 6 | Questions and Possibilities

• VCCCTR014

  Distinguish between main and peripheral ideas in own and others information and points of view

  Elaborations

  • annotating an argument with different colours or using a concept map to show the most important and less important information and explaining their annotations to others
  • experimenting with arguments by changing the order of ideas and discussing effectiveness
  • creating a bumper sticker or headline to show the main idea in a point of view
  • comparing different responses to identify main ideas and information, for example on why people participate in community activities

  VCCCTR014 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Levels 3 and 4 | Reasoning

• VCNRC021

  Locate key information about everyday contexts and routines from written, spoken and visual texts

  Elaborations

  • surveying classmates regarding their likes, interests, routines and activities, and tabulating the results, for example, in birthday charts or graphs
  • reading profiles and stories in print and digital form about people and animals, and creating a display with names and short descriptions
  • locating information relating to school activities in a country where the language is spoken for example, from a sister school, and comparing with own daily schedule/routine
  • identifying points of information in short spoken texts with some unfamiliar language, for example, some items on a recorded shopping list

  VCNRC021 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Informing

• VCNRC023

  Participate in shared imaginative activities and respond by acting out events, identifying favourite elements, and making simple statements about characters

  Elaborations

  • listening to, viewing and reading stories in a range of text types, and responding to questions about characters, themes and events
  • comparing a myth, legend or story to an Australian Dreaming story and highlighting the similarities and differences in characters, events and moral of the story
  • creating a timeline of the main events of a story using pictures, words and simple sentences
  • performing a scene from a myth, legend or story using simple, modelled language

  VCNRC023 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Creating

• VCNRC036

  Collaborate in group tasks and shared experiences which involve planning, making suggestions and completing transactions

  Elaborations

  • planning and organising an event, such as inviting a special guest to speak to the class about celebrations or to share a traditional recipe
  • working with another group, for example, by reading books to younger students, or teaching a skill, such as dyeing eggs, to another class
  • planning and organising an activity such as an excursion or party, using expressions related to place, time and numbers
  • creating displays, presentations or performances for family, friends or the school community to showcase their progress in learning the target language or to promote the learning of the target language and culture

  VCNRC036 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Socialising