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• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway B: Mid immersion - EAL: Level B2 description

  The Level B2 curriculum develops students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to their spoken English. Students learn to negotiate simple exchanges in English, combining their understanding of both verbal and non-verbal language. They refine and further develop a wide range of fundamental...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway B: Mid immersion | EAL

• English: Foundation Level description

  In the Foundation level, students communicate with peers, teachers, known adults, and students from other classes.

  Students engage with a variety of texts for enjoyment. They listen to, read and view spoken, written and multimodal texts in which the primary purpose is to entertain, as well as some...

  Level description | English

• English: Level C achievement standards - Writing

  When writing, students add writing such as scribble to label or comment on drawings, and imitate writing words and sentences. They express and record their wants and needs through a word, a picture or symbol selection. They demonstrate fine motor grasp and manipulating skills such as moving, picking...

  Level description | English | Level C | Writing

• VCEALL771

  Demonstrate understanding of complex language

  Elaborations

  • understanding sentences containing complex features (such as embedded clauses, noun groups and modality), for example ‘If the temperature rises, the polar caps may melt, resulting in …’
  • connecting and transforming simple sentences using a range of grammatical structures to create extended compound and complex sentences

  VCEALL771 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA299

  Write using language that largely reflects features of spoken language

  Elaborations

  • using spoken-like language structures based on familiar contexts and interactions, such as simple sentences about personal topics, or long compound sentences listing a series of events
  • following simple spoken text structures, such as events in chronological sequence

  VCEALA299 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL362

  Understand the relationships between events or ideas in a text

  Elaborations

  • sorting sentences into sets related to the same topic, and writing a heading for each set
  • arranging parts of a sentence that use cohesive devices, such as ‘after that’ and ‘because’
  • understanding the items that pronouns refer to, such as ‘The dogs … They …’

  VCEALL362 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL307

  Organise some subject matter and write according to the structure of the text type, using modelled forms and repetitive patterns

  Elaborations

  • relying on templates or model texts for organisational structure, for example introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion
  • copying topic sentences or parts of sentences to support idea generation and to structure writing

  VCEALL307 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | 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

• VCELY160

  Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge

  Elaborations

  • using image-making and beginning writing to represent characters and events in written, film and web-based texts
  • using speaking, writing and drawing to represent and communicate personal responses to ideas and events experienced through texts
  • creating short spoken, written and multimodal observations, recounts and descriptions, extending vocabulary and including some content-specific words in spoken and written texts
  • using beginning concepts about print, sound–letter and word knowledge and punctuation to create short texts

  VCELY160 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Writing | Literacy

• VCEALA219

  Understand the difference between writing and drawing, and that writing changes according to context and purpose

  Elaborations

  • pointing to pictures and words when prompted
  • understanding that English writing consists of words formed by letters, and sentences made up of words

  VCEALA219 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC524

  Label familiar images and simple maps

  Elaborations

  • writing a caption for an image
  • copying and completing short, formulaic sentences to describe the images, such as ‘This is a …’

  VCEALC524 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC673

  Participate in conversations with a small range of speakers

  Elaborations

  • participating in conversations with a range of familiar people such as peers and teachers
  • using appropriate sentence structures and vocabulary to participate in conversations

  VCEALC673 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALL228

  Write very short, simple texts

  Elaborations

  • write a small number of related phrases or sentences together, for example, when describing a picture, ‘Mum and Dad’, ‘in our house’

  VCEALL228 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL234

  Use high-frequency words accurately, although sometimes repetitively

  Elaborations

  • using repetitive sentence beginnings
  • using some evaluative vocabulary, for example ‘good’, ‘nice’ ‘I like’

  VCEALL234 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL289

  Recognise the function of capital letters and full stops, and use them

  Elaborations

  • pausing at a full stop when reading
  • recognising words using capital letters, for example names and the beginning of sentences

  VCEALL289 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL282

  Use some of the terminology of reading

  Elaborations

  • understanding terminology such as ‘author’, ‘title’, ‘letter’, ‘word’, ‘sentence’
  • identifying features of a text in answer to questions such as ‘Who is the author of this book?’

  VCEALL282 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCELA086

  Know their written name (as a grapheme) and match the letters in their name

  Elaborations

  • matching letters that are the same
  • recognising that letters and numbers are different
  • learning to speak and communicate using simple sentence starters

  VCELA086 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Writing | Language

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level A2 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level A2 students read and respond to a wide range of familiar texts. These texts may be print or digital texts, including visual, multimodal or interactive texts.

  Students predict, ask questions, retell and talk about texts read and viewed in class. With support, they read a range of...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level A1 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level A1 students read and engage with a wide range of short, simple, repetitive texts, including shared recounts and fictional and everyday texts. These texts may be in print or visual form.

  Students read in context some familiar words, phrases, numbers and signs. They complete simple...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level B1 achievement standards - Speaking and Listening

  At Level B1 students communicate verbally and non-verbally in routine social and classroom situations, understanding controlled English that is supported by its immediate context. They use formulas, well-rehearsed and common sentence patterns, and short, simple utterances to contribute relatively...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening