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• Korean - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 description

  Students expand their knowledge of Korean vocabulary, grammar and honorific elements. They are aware of some patterns of sound changes at syllable boundaries such as 연음법칙, 비음화 and 구개음화 in familiar words and expressions. They express past tense and use some verb phrases in complex structures as...

  Level description | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence

• Indonesian - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students use Indonesian to convey information about themselves, their family and friends, and daily routines and activities. They locate specific details and use familiar words and phrases to predict meanings in texts. They respond to and create texts such as descriptions...

  Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6

• VCELA310

  Investigate how the organisation of texts into chapters, headings, subheadings, home pages and sub pages for online texts and according to chronology or topic can be used to predict content and assist navigation

  Elaborations

  • mapping topic words related to sub-headings

  VCELA310 | Curriculum content | English | Level 5 | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCARU152

  Explore the origins of Arabic and how it has been influenced by and influences other languages

  Elaborations

  • recognising that the Arabic alphabet has similarities with the Aramaic alphabet system (alpha being the first letter, and beta the second), and that the Arabic ordering system أ؛ب؛ج؛د is based on the Aramaic alphabet
  • understanding that many words in Arabic are borrowed from indigenous languages of the Arabic-speaking world, such as Assyrian, Aramaic and Syriac, Phoenician and Berber, for example, أب؛ رأس؛ دم؛ أخ؛ أخت؛ شمس؛ لسان؛ أنا؛ أنت؛ هو؛ نحن؛ كلب؛ بيت؛ سمع؛ كتاب , and regional languages such as Persian, Turkish and Kurdish, for example, بوظة؛ دولاب؛ دولمة؛ بسطرمة؛
  • exploring the meaning of famous names of people and places and reflecting on their origin and on naming systems, such as

    بابل؛ بحرين؛ سوريا؛ بيت لحم؛ موصل؛ لبنان؛ أور؛ بيروت ؛

  • investigating the influence of Arabic on other languages such as Berber, Kurdish, Amharic, Tigrinya, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, Punjabi, Portuguese, Sindhi, Tagalog, Turkish, Spanish, Hindi, Swahili, Somali, Malay and Indonesian, for example, the Arabic word for ‘book’كتاب is used in most of the languages listed
  • identifying languages that were derived from Arabic, for example, Maltese and Nubi

  VCARU152 | Languages | Arabic | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• Auslan - Second Language Learner - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students discuss aspects of their daily lives, social activities and school experience and respond to each other’s comments. They describe relationships and characteristics of people and objects and express feelings and preferences, for example, POSS1 FRIEND CHANGE...

  Level description | Languages | Auslan | Second Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6

• Design and Technologies: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6 students describe some competing considerations in the design of solutions taking into account sustainability. They describe how design and technologies contribute to meeting present and future needs. Students explain how the features of technologies impact on designed solutions...

  Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 5 and 6

• Digital Technologies: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students explain the functions of digital system components and how digital systems are connected to form networks that transmit data.

  Students explain how digital systems use whole numbers as a basis for representing a variety of data types. They manage the creation and...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 5 and 6

• VCZHC145

  Interact and socialise with peers and known adults, exchanging ideas and opinions about personal experiences and social activities

  Elaborations

  • engaging others in conversation and inviting responses on issues relevant to their lives, such as traditional and modern lifestyles and values, and language learning by asking questions such as 你知道澳大利亚的国宝是什么吗？你觉得什么最好玩？
  • participating in class and school debates, acknowledging others’ opinions and presenting own with examples and personal experiences, for example, 虽然你说得很有道理，但是如果我们再想一想，如果你也经历过… 那么你也会同意…
  • using social media to maintain contact with classmates and record events in everyday life, by keeping a weekly or daily journal or blog, recording highlights of school or home life or leisure activities (for example, 今天我的足球队又输了，真没劲!), or a holiday experience, for example, 袋鼠岛游记
  • describing and elaborating on details of experiences in correspondence, for example, 这次暑假过得很愉快，我们全家去了巴厘岛。在那儿，我们天天在海边，有时候冲浪，有时候散步
  • composing text messages, emails, letters using appropriate formats and employing appropriate terms to address recipient, for example, 敬爱的王老师 (for a formal letter), 嘿，小王，最近好吗 (for a casual letter or message)
  • responding appropriately to invitations, including by accepting and declining, for example, 谢谢你的邀请，祝你生日快乐。但是我星期日要…对不起，不能参加你的聚会。希望你玩得高兴

  VCZHC145 | Languages | Chinese | Background Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Socialising

• Chinese - Background Language Learner - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students use spoken and written Chinese to maintain interactions with familiar and unfamiliar people across a growing range of situations (for example, 你星期几去汉语学校？,你说…对吗？); to convey information, opinions and experiences (for example, 我喜欢踢澳式足球，你呢？); and to access a...

  Level description | Languages | Chinese | Background Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6

• Victorian Aboriginal Languages: Levels 3 to 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students use familiar language and modelled sentence patterns to share information about aspects of their personal worlds, such as their family and friends, interests, everyday routines and activities. They interact appropriately with respected community members and community...

  Level description | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Levels 3 to 6

• VCKOU167

  Identify and use distinctive features of different types of spoken and written texts in Korean such as salutations in different contexts

  Elaborations

  • identifying the functions of parts of simple discourse such as letters/cards of invitation, for example, … 에게/께 (‘to’ in salutation) and …(으)로부터/올림 (‘from’ in closing), and comparing them with English
  • identifying the purpose, context and intended audience of a range of familiar texts, for example, phone messages, sports reports, take-away food orders
  • recognising differences between spoken and written texts, noting that some types of text such as emails or text messages combine elements of each

  VCKOU167 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCKOU170

  Investigate how language can be used to influence people, ideas and the understanding of cultures

  Elaborations

  • exploring various ways language is used to influence perceptions of people, through verbal interactions, for example, using polite language or slang, or other means of communicating, for example, fashion or graphic design
  • experimenting with spoken and written Korean to enhance and explore others’ perceptions of Korea and Korean, for example, by designing art work using Korean letters/expressions and by predicting and reflecting on responses

  VCKOU170 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCRAU048

  Develop understanding of how the choice of text type influences the use of grammatical structures and rules

  Elaborations

  • noticing that different text types have a different register, for example, a speech, a dialogue with peers, an email or a letter to someone in authority
  • analysing how different text types use linguistic features to create effects, such as superlatives in advertisements designed to persuade, the imperative in signs designed to advise or prohibit, salutations in emails designed to maintain relationships, and declaratives in announcements designed to inform

  VCRAU048 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCMNA186

  Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least hundreds of thousands

  Elaborations

  • reproducing six-digit numbers in words using their numerical representations, and vice versa

  VCMNA186 | Mathematics | Level 5 | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• German - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students use written and spoken German for classroom interactions, to carry out transactions, and to share ideas and opinions, relate experiences and express feelings. They use complete sentences in familiar contexts to ask questions such as, Bist du fertig? Was machst du...

  Level description | Languages | German | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6

• Vietnamese - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students use spoken and written Vietnamese for classroom interactions and to share ideas and opinions and express feelings. They exchange information about aspects of their daily life, school, friends and leisure activities. They make shared decisions and arrangements, organise...

  Level description | Languages | Vietnamese | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6

• Non-Roman Alphabet Languages - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 description

  Students use the language being studied in the classroom for a widening range of purposes: exchanging information, expressing ideas and feelings, performing role plays, dialogues, and responding to experiences. Social contexts such as families, the neighbourhood, locality and community influence...

  Level description | Languages | Non-Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence

• VCEBE010

  Make decisions, identify appropriate actions by considering the advantages and disadvantages, and form conclusions concerning an economics or business issue or event

  Elaborations

  • weighing up options involved in a decision, for example, purchasing a phone by comparing the advantages and disadvantages of each available option
  • making an individual purchasing decision based on an analysis of the trade-offs involved
  • identifying the effect of consumers purchasing items from a range of sources on local businesses, for example, ‘What is the effect on the local shopping centre if consumers purchase more goods online rather than in local shops?’
  • taking action to share their findings with audiences beyond the classroom, such as presenting at a school assembly, writing a letter to the editor of the local newspaper or their local member of parliament

  VCEBE010 | The Humanities | Economics and Business | Levels 5 and 6 | Economic and Business Reasoning and Interpretation

• VCHHK095

  The stories and perspectives of people who migrated to Australia, including from one Asian country, and the reasons they migrated

  Elaborations

  • investigate migration programs to Australian since World War II
  • comparing push and pull factors that have contributed to people migrating to Australia, for example, economic migrants and political refugees
  • exploring individual narratives using primary sources, for example, letters, documents and historical objects, interviewing and recording an oral history, dramatising the journey and circumstances of arrival based on the sources
  • describing cultural practices related to family life, beliefs and customs of newly-arrived migrant groups and comparing these with those of the communities in which they settled within Australia
  • connecting stories of migration to students’ own family histories (where appropriate)

  VCHHK095 | The Humanities | History | Levels 5 and 6 | Historical Knowledge | Australia as a nation

• VCNRU050

  Explore the influence of the language being studied on the English language and how the language being studied has been influenced by the impact of new technologies and knowledge

  Elaborations

  • identifying familiar words in the language and recognising their English equivalents
  • using knowledge of familiar patterns and structures to decode and interpret meaning
  • understanding that English words may be found in the language, but that equivalents in the language to these terms often also exist

  VCNRU050 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Language variation and change