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• VCEALA743

  Shift between using formal and informal registers in response to purpose and context

  Elaborations

  • responding in the appropriate register by matching elements of body language, voice, expression, and use of personal or impersonal language
  • using knowledge of topic vocabulary and a range of sentence structures to formulate appropriate responses
  • using idiomatic and colloquial language appropriately and spontaneously

  VCEALA743 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL750

  Use a range of cohesive devices to extend and connect speech

  Elaborations

  • connecting multiple clauses using a range of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, for example ‘Because of the flooding, they could not access their house and had to evacuate to the school instead’
  • using pronoun references to maintain cohesion throughout an extended text

  VCEALL750 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL787

  Use an extended range of cohesive devices to improve fluency

  Elaborations

  • using connectives to show contrast (‘however’, ‘nevertheless’, ‘although’), sequence (‘finally’, ‘subsequently’), adding (‘additionally’, ‘furthermore’) and consequence (‘therefore’, ‘consequently’)
  • using pronouns to refer to repeated ideas in a section of text, for example ‘The first reason … It is … This leads to …’
  • using complex prepositions to show relationships between ideas, for example ‘Among the causes …’, ‘Following the protests …’

  VCEALL787 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features