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• 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

• VCEALL288

  Identify common syllables and patterns within words

  Elaborations

  • naming letters and giving their sounds when spelling or sounding out new words
  • reading aloud words that are familiar or contain familiar letter patterns with some accuracy and confidence

  VCEALL288 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

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

  At Level B1 students write and present simple texts for a variety of basic classroom and personal purposes. With support, they communicate familiar ideas, events and experiences, writing simple narratives, recounts, descriptions and reports. Students use some of the basic structures and features...

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

• VCEALL319

  Use basic punctuation, such as full stops and capital letters, appropriately

  Elaborations

  • consistently using capital letters to begin sentences and names
  • consistently using a full stop to end a sentence
  • correcting capital letters and full stops when reviewing own or others’ writing

  VCEALL319 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL287

  Build a vocabulary that draws on words of interest, topic words and sight words

  Elaborations

  • following instructions related to labelled items or locations, for example ‘Take out your laptop’, ‘Place your printed work in the “finished” basket’
  • reading sight words in a new text
  • recording words of interest in a personal dictionary or vocabulary book

  VCEALL287 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL260

  Use learnt words in speech

  Elaborations

  • retaining learnt words by using them in speech with the teacher, peers or family members

  VCEALL260 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | 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

• VCEALL286

  Read some familiar words and phrases

  Elaborations

  • using previous knowledge to read familiar words and phrases in unfamiliar texts, such as words from a high-frequency word list and sentence starters such as ‘Once upon a time …’ and ‘Today is …’

  VCEALL286 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL320

  Use basic software functions to present text

  Elaborations

  • using a keyboard to type capital and lower-case letters, numbers and basic punctuation marks
  • typing letters, numbers, symbols and words, copying from a print text
  • using simple editing functions such as inserting or deleting a word, and formatting functions such as making text bold or changing the colour

  VCEALL320 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL292

  Use basic digital technology functions

  Elaborations

  • typing letters and words, copying from a print text
  • following simple instructions with visual support to navigate a digital text using menu items or links

  VCEALL292 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA304

  Employ a range of strategies to understand new or unknown words

  Elaborations

  • referring to written resources such as bilingual dictionaries, charts or own spelling lists
  • recording a vocabulary list that includes English, home language and other details such as an image or phonetic pronunciation
  • writing notes in home language about meaning and pronunciation when encountering new words in texts

  VCEALA304 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL318

  Spell accurately common words encountered in the classroom

  Elaborations

  • spelling accurately high-frequency words and words learnt in class, such as ‘the’, ‘and’, ‘is’, ‘it’
  • using sound or visual features to spell new words, for example ‘evry’
  • referring to classroom charts and personal vocabulary lists to check or confirm spelling

  VCEALL318 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL285

  Use knowledge of base words to read new forms

  Elaborations

  • attempting to read new forms of familiar words, and self-correcting using knowledge of base words and common morphemes, such as ‘walk, walked, walks’

  VCEALL285 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL254

  Use a range of learnt word patterns for appropriate purposes

  Elaborations

  • using formulas for a range of purposes, including asking questions, supporting social interaction or self-expression, such as ‘What’s the time?’, ‘Oh, no!’, ‘Excellent work’, ‘Well done’
  • using longer formulaic constructions to articulate needs, such as ‘Can I eat lunch?’, ‘I want to go toilet’

  VCEALL254 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL259

  Respond to key words in many common instructions

  Elaborations

  • carrying out common instructions, such as ‘Open the windows’, ‘Bring your work’, ‘Use the coloured pencils’
  • clarifying instructions before acting, by recasting key words (‘Open them?’, ‘These pencils?’) or by indicating the objects

  VCEALL259 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA303

  Ask how to write certain home language words in English

  Elaborations

  • talking to language peers to explain the word in home language and ask for a translation into English
  • recording the word in home language and English in personal dictionary or vocabulary chart

  VCEALA303 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC265

  Use key words to understand the main idea in short texts

  Elaborations

  • identifying the main topic of a short paragraph, for example ‘This is about dogs’
  • identifying the main characters and events in a short narrative when given a prompt such as, ‘In this paragraph we can find the name of the main character’

  VCEALC265 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL263

  Repeat or re-pronounce words or phrases after recognising they have not been understood

  Elaborations

  • attending to the listener’s body language or asking directly whether own speech has been understood
  • attempting to re-pronounce words using different pronunciation, stress or pace

  VCEALL263 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL281

  Understand the sequence of key words, phrases or ideas in a familiar text

  Elaborations

  • creating a simple storyboard to show the sequence of ideas from a text
  • filling in missing items from a sequence of key words, phrases or sections from a text

  VCEALL281 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL262

  Use comprehensible pronunciation for a range of high-frequency words learnt in class

  Elaborations

  • developing comprehensible pronunciation through imitation and rehearsal
  • accurately pronouncing a range of high-frequency words used in classroom instructions, texts and interactions

  VCEALL262 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features