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• VCEALL712

  Identify thematic groupings of words in a text

  Elaborations

  • grouping or classifying words with the same topic, theme or function, such as ‘gravity’, ‘pull’, ‘force’
  • tracing word chains that refer to a particular idea in a text, for example ‘Junk food contains harmful additives. Salt can cause heart problems, while sugar is linked to diabetes’
  • organising related words to show their relationships, for example in a word cline, on a word map

  VCEALL712 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL713

  Use contextual cues to infer the meaning of unknown words

  Elaborations

  • using existing vocabulary knowledge to predict the meaning of compound words (such as ‘daydream’) or words with familiar base words (such as ‘unbroken’)
  • using information in the text, such as images, headings or adjacent sentences, to deduce meanings
  • inferring the meaning of unfamiliar words and reading on to maintain fluency, and then checking new words in a dictionary after reading

  VCEALL713 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL732

  Employ a range of strategies to spell words with increasing accuracy

  Elaborations

  • applying knowledge of spelling conventions and phonic knowledge to new words, for example to distinguish between ‘mat’ and ‘mate’
  • learning an expanding repertoire of sight words from shared texts and classroom activities
  • referring to print and digital charts, dictionaries and texts to check and confirm spelling

  VCEALL732 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA683

  Explain the home language meaning of unfamiliar English words and phrases to home language peers

  Elaborations

  • assisting home language peers through English and shared languages by explaining words and concepts
  • collaborating with home language peers to access resources such as bilingual dictionaries or online translation tools

  VCEALA683 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level C3 achievement standards - Writing

  At Level C3, through guided activities, students write texts based on an extensive range of fictional and factual text types from across the curriculum, showing an awareness of purpose and audience. They consistently use the basic structures of these text types, and demonstrate consistent but...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level C3 | Writing

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level C3 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level C3 students demonstrate a basic understanding of the main ideas, issues or plot developments in a range of accessible texts from across the curriculum. These texts may be print or digital texts, including handwritten, visual, multimodal and interactive texts.

  Students demonstrate...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level C3 | Reading and Viewing

• VCEALC677

  Listen for specific information, using question, preview and prediction strategies

  Elaborations

  • identifying key words based on learnt vocabulary and words used in questions
  • using support materials such as questions or print text excerpts to identify key words and sequence of information

  VCEALC677 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC698

  Skim a text for general meaning and scan to find detailed information

  Elaborations

  • skimming a text by identifying key words in the title, headings and topic sentences to determine the purpose and main idea of the text
  • scanning a text to extract details such as names, numbers, specific words, answers to questions

  VCEALC698 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway C: Late immersion - EAL: Level C3 description

  The Level C3 curriculum supports students to expand their knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to their spoken English. At this level, students learn to listen, question and respond in English in a broad range of contexts. Students are provided with a variety of listening and speaking...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway C: Late immersion | EAL

• VCEALL695

  Identify specific pronunciation problems that need attention

  Elaborations

  • identifying key words in a text that may pose pronunciation problems, based on general guidance from the teacher, such as ‘Highlight all the words ending in a consonant’
  • articulating specific difficulties with pronunciation, such as ‘I can’t tell the difference between “walk” and “work”’

  VCEALL695 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA685

  Talk about cultural differences related to communication

  Elaborations

  • identifying and talking about differences between home language and English at text, sentence and word levels
  • noticing and discussing differences in non-verbal aspects of communication, such as stance, proximity, gestures, eye contact

  VCEALA685 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA722

  Demonstrate the development of metalanguage appropriate to the content and task

  Elaborations

  • using metalanguage related to text and language, for example ‘topic sentence’, ‘verb’, ‘pronoun’
  • recording terminology in personal notes or word lists, with translations in home language or examples from texts

  VCEALA722 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA721

  Use home language resources such as bilingual dictionaries to improve range and clarity of expression

  Elaborations

  • consulting print resources, such as bilingual dictionaries, charts, word lists, to develop vocabulary by looking up synonyms and antonyms
  • recording a vocabulary list that includes English, home language and details such as meaning, usage, related terms

  VCEALA721 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL692

  Comprehend familiar and specific curriculum area vocabulary in a spoken or digital text

  Elaborations

  • matching familiar and learnt vocabulary in spoken texts to print information such as transcripts or word lists
  • using specific curriculum area vocabulary when responding to texts, for example in discussions or presentations

  VCEALL692 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL731

  Use a growing range of simple vocabulary

  Elaborations

  • using a small range of synonyms to avoid repetition
  • understanding differences between specialised or colloquial language, for example ‘feline’, ‘cat’ and ‘moggy’
  • accessing resources such as class texts, word lists, a print or online thesaurus to expand vocabulary

  VCEALL731 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL725

  Use a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas in text

  Elaborations

  • using cohesive devices at the sentence level, for example a range of conjunctions and connectives that show relationships of cause or time
  • using cohesive devices to connect ideas at the word level, such as writing pronouns or synonyms to create chains of ideas

  VCEALL725 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA684

  Clarify in home language to check understanding

  Elaborations

  • seeking clarification from home language peers about new vocabulary and concepts
  • referring to home language or bilingual glossaries, dictionaries or online translation tools for explanation of new vocabulary and information
  • recording words and information in personal dictionaries or notes to indicate meaning, pronunciation and usage

  VCEALA684 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL708

  Identify the role of cohesive markers in a text

  Elaborations

  • identifying cohesive markers in a text, such as ‘also’, ‘finally’, ‘however’
  • understanding the words replaced by reference items, and tracing these reference chains through a long text, for example ‘The team was reluctant to remain during the polar winter, when the sun may not be seen for over a month, as this is the most difficult time for Arctic exploration’

  VCEALL708 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA718

  Understand how the purpose and audience of a text can influence content and form

  Elaborations

  • designing layout and visual features to suit purpose and audience, for example using bright colours in an illustrated story for children
  • transforming texts to suit a different purpose or audience, for example converting a road safety website for learner drivers to a pamphlet for older drivers
  • discussing language choices with regard to purpose and audience, for example reflecting on word choices in a persuasive text

  VCEALA718 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL728

  Use verb forms appropriate to text type

  Elaborations

  • using appropriate verb forms for the purpose and text type, for example past tense for a reflective response, passive voice in a procedural recount
  • controlling a range of more complex verb tenses, such as elaborated tenses (‘They had been waiting’), multi-word verb groups (‘I was not supposed to know’)
  • controlling agreement for singular and plural nouns (for example ‘My brothers go to high school and my sister goes to university’) and countable and non-countable nouns (for example ‘There were clouds but there was no rain’)

  VCEALL728 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features