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• VCEALL178

  Attempt basic self-correction

  Elaborations

  • attempting to self-correct pronunciation when the listener does not understand the word being spoken
  • repeating correct pronunciation following modelling by the listener

  VCEALL178 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALC163

  Respond appropriately verbally or non-verbally when spoken to

  Elaborations

  • indicating agreement or non-agreement through body language or simple utterances such as ‘yes’ or ‘no’
  • answering familiar personal questions using single-word responses, such as name, age, likes or dislikes

  VCEALC163 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC164

  Ask for repetition or ask questions to check meaning or elicit help

  Elaborations

  • using simple formulaic expressions to make requests or ask questions, for example ‘Please say again’, ‘What is that?’
  • listening to and using speaker’s key words when asking for clarification, for example ‘What means “sibling”?

  VCEALC164 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALA191

  Show awareness that texts convey meaning

  Elaborations

  • understanding that print words contain a consistent message
  • understanding that different texts have different purposes, including picture books, class writing, diaries
  • identifying a familiar book or text that contains a particular message, for example when asked ‘Which book told us about the rainforest?

  VCEALA191 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC166

  Negotiate familiar social situations and learning activities with the teacher or with friends

  Elaborations

  • understanding simple, predictable questions
  • following simple instructions using the actions of others as cues, for example moving to the floor or collecting a book
  • making simple requests or expressing needs using actions, single words and short phrases
  • giving simple responses, such as nodding or saying ‘yes’, ‘no’ or short learnt phrases

  VCEALC166 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC165

  Rely on other speakers to scaffold, interpret, clarify or elaborate short, simple conversations

  Elaborations

  • asking for help or clarification from teacher or peers
  • responding briefly to simple, direct questions rather than generating original responses in class discussions
  • borrowing and adapting key words from conversation partners, for example by reordering, as in Teacher: ‘Don’t be silly, Tim’ Student: ‘Tim silly’

  VCEALC165 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC167

  Identify basic items of information in short spoken texts

  Elaborations

  • naming or describing pictures, for example using names of people, single words for feelings, colours
  • pointing to relevant parts of pictures when speaking about them
  • answering specific questions about the spoken text based on familiar question stems such as ‘Who …?’, ‘Where was …?’, ‘When did …?’

  VCEALC167 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALL176

  Use basic verb forms in context

  Elaborations

  • matching simple verb tense to time words, such as ‘Yesterday we went …’,‘Tomorrow we go …’
  • sometimes using inconsistent tense when describing events in the past, present and future, for example ‘We drove the car and then arrive there’
  • using ‘no’ or ‘not’ with adjectives or nouns to express negative forms, such as ‘No hot today’, ‘Not me’

  VCEALL176 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features