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• VCEALC637

  Use basic features of a website appropriately

  Elaborations

  • moving within or between web pages using tabs, navigation menus and links
  • using titles, headings and images to locate relevant information

  VCEALC637 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC572

  Use basic features of a website with guidance

  Elaborations

  • following instructions to navigate a digital text using navigation menus and links
  • using functions such as zoom or search to read text on a website

  VCEALC572 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC701

  Interpret the various icons, menu items and links on an accessible website

  Elaborations

  • recognising icons used for common functions, such as search, download and print
  • reading menus or links in order to navigate a website

  VCEALC701 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• English | English as an Additional Language (EAL): Structure

  The English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum is organised by pathways, language modes and strands.

  Pathways

  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)

• English: Level 7 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  By the end of Level 7, students understand how text structures can influence the complexity of a text and are dependent on audience, purpose and context. They demonstrate understanding of how the choice of language features, images and vocabulary affects meaning. They explain issues and ideas...

  Level description | English | Level 7 | Reading and Viewing

• English | English as an Additional Language (EAL): Resources

  A range of resources to assist with implementing the F–10 English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):

  • Victorian Curriculum F–10 EAL resources (VCAA)

  The VCAA website...

  Overview material | English as an Additional Language (EAL)

• VCELY468

  Choose a reading technique and reading path appropriate for the type of text, to retrieve and connect ideas within and between texts

  Elaborations

  • assessing the impact of hyperlinked text in a website’s navigation
  • using appropriate metalanguage associated with digital technologies to analyse reading pathways on websites

  VCELY468 | Curriculum content | English | Level 10 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• English | English: Resources

  A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):

  • Victorian Curriculum F – 10 Resources and Support (VCAA)

  Includes general advice and information...

  Overview material | English

• English: Level 7 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students communicate with peers, teachers, individuals, groups and community members in a range of face-to-face and online/virtual environments. They experience learning in both familiar and unfamiliar contexts that relate to the school curriculum, local community, regional...

  Level description | English

• English: Level 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students interact with peers, teachers, individuals, groups and community members in a range of face-to-face and online/virtual environments. They experience learning in both familiar and unfamiliar contexts that relate to the school curriculum, local community, regional and...

  Level description | English

• VCEALL335

  Use some grammatical rules consistently

  Elaborations

  • using some grammatical rules consistently, for example formation of regular plurals, such as ‘friends’ and ‘ideas’, or regular past tense verbs, such as ‘walked’ and ‘helped’
  • over-generalising some grammatical rules, for example in formation of plurals, such as ‘mouses’ and ‘sheeps’, or in forming past tense, such as ‘eated’ and ‘buyed’

  VCEALL335 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL019

  Construct simple subject–verb–object sentences that mostly use present tense

  Elaborations

  • constructing basic sentences using subject–verb–object word order, but with non-standard word forms, for example ‘We buy house’
  • constructing short, simple statements showing subject–verb relations with varying accuracy, such as ‘He sick’, ‘Students go’

  VCEALL019 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALC424

  Access, interpret and evaluate information from a range of print and digital texts, including visual, multimodal and interactive

  Elaborations

  • following instructions to find the appropriate page in a book and identifying the topic and main ideas
  • comparing two simple websites on the same topic to choose the more useful one

  VCEALC424 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC763

  Understand most symbols and changes of font style and how they contribute to or change the meanings in a text

  Elaborations

  • identifying changes in font style (such as italic and bold) or symbols or icons and explaining their function
  • recognising navigational features such as menu items or links on a website

  VCEALC763 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL018

  Communicate using short, learnt phrases

  Elaborations

  • using single-word or phrasal responses to questions, such as ‘Yes’, ‘No’, ‘I don’t know’
  • using learnt phrases in play, such as ‘Give me’, ‘Stop it’, ‘I don’t like’
  • creating original utterances by substituting new words in learnt patterns or formulas, such as ‘It’s home time’, ‘It’s go time’
  • using simplified speech patterns, where function words may be omitted or used incorrectly, for example ‘Me go to shopping and buyed many thing’

  VCEALL018 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL688

  Use a range of cohesive devices to extend speech

  Elaborations

  • extending speech by constructing compound sentences using a range of coordinating conjunctions, for example ‘I went to the shops but I didn’t buy anything’
  • extending speech by constructing complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions, for example ‘She doesn’t like fish because of the smell’
  • extending speech by adding prepositional phrases to give additional detail, for example ‘Without realising it was raining, he walked out the door’

  VCEALL688 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA702

  Understand the relationship between text structures and social purposes of text types studied in class

  Elaborations

  • understanding a range of school texts, such as a practical report, a review, a research project
  • discussing the purpose of individual features of a text, for example headings in a pamphlet or images on a website
  • using modelled metalanguage to name and describe features of texts

  VCEALA702 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL734

  Create, edit and navigate simple digital texts

  Elaborations

  • creating a small range of digital texts, including documents, slides, tables and simple graphs
  • formatting texts simply, for example using font styles, text alignment, dot points
  • reading menus or links in order to navigate a website

  VCEALL734 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL451

  Create, edit and navigate a simple digital text, including visual, multimodal and interactive texts

  Elaborations

  • editing texts in simple ways, including deleting or inserting letters, words, punctuation and symbols
  • recognising icons used for common functions, such as search, download or print
  • reading menus or links in order to navigate a website

  VCEALL451 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCELY412

  Use comprehension strategies to interpret and evaluate texts by reflecting on the validity of content and the credibility of sources, including finding evidence in the text for the author’s point of view

  Elaborations

  • reflecting on content by connecting and comparing information found in a text to knowledge sourced elsewhere
  • determining and applying criteria for evaluating the credibility of a website
  • explaining whether the author conveys meaning adequately, particularly in distinguishing fact from opinion

  VCELY412 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy