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• VCEALL050

  Identify some sounds in words

  Elaborations

  • relating some letters of the alphabet to sounds, for example relating some vowels to their usual or common sounds
  • using initial letters and common letter patterns to decode new words
  • attempting to pronounce new words by using the most common sound for each letter and sounds for familiar letter groups, following instruction from the teacher such as ‘What does the first letter sound like?’

  VCEALL050 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level A1 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level A1 students read and engage with a wide range of short, simple, repetitive texts, including shared recounts and fictional and everyday texts. These texts may be in print or visual form.

  Students read in context some familiar words, phrases, numbers and signs. They complete simple...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing

• 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 B: Mid immersion - EAL: Level BL achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level BL students read a wide range of familiar, short, simple, repetitive fictional and everyday texts, and complete basic structured activities based on them. These texts may be print or digital, including visual, multimodal and interactive.

  Students retell a simple and familiar story...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway B: Mid immersion | EAL | Level BL | Reading and Viewing

• VCEALC216

  Copy words, phrases or sentences accurately and carefully

  Elaborations

  • tracing or copying letters, words and sentences written by the teacher
  • making corrections to own writing when copying text

  VCEALC216 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Communication

• VCEALA067

  Use some home language words and words copied from various sources

  Elaborations

  • copying words from classroom resources such as labels, signs, word lists
  • writing in home language script or transliterating the sound of a home language word in English letters when the English word is unknown
  • asking home language peers or the teacher for the English translation and spelling of a home language word
  • explaining the meaning of a home language word when asked, for example by pointing, drawing, using known language

  VCEALA067 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL670

  Spell most commonly encountered words correctly

  Elaborations

  • learning high-frequency sight words from shared texts and classroom activities
  • recognising common letter patterns in familiar and new words

  VCEALL670 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL794

  Spell words accurately using a range of strategies

  Elaborations

  • spelling accurately a wide range of words including unusual and technical words, using knowledge of spelling conventions and letter–sound relationships
  • referring to dictionaries, online tools, curriculum area texts and personal vocabulary lists to check spelling

  VCEALL794 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL237

  Spell a number of high-frequency words accurately

  Elaborations

  • spelling some high-frequency words accurately from memory, including own name and short words used regularly, such as ‘it’, ‘my’, ‘we’
  • representing words by their initial letter, such as ‘b’ for ‘book’

  VCEALL237 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL398

  Spell frequently used words with common patterns with increased accuracy

  Elaborations

  • spelling accurately high-frequency words and words from shared texts and classroom activities
  • using knowledge of letter–sound relationships and common letter groups to attempt to spell new words, with varied accuracy, such as ‘lern’ for ‘learn’

  VCEALL398 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway B: Mid immersion - EAL: Level BL description

  The Level BL curriculum supports students as they develop basic knowledge, understanding and skills in English. Through immersion in English, students build their capacity to initiate and sustain simple conversations with their peers. The curriculum covers grammatical rules that students begin...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway B: Mid immersion | EAL

• VCEALL606

  Use grapho-phonic knowledge to attempt to spell unknown words

  Elaborations

  • spelling frequently used words and one- and two-syllable words with common patterns with reasonable accuracy
  • using knowledge of letter–sound relationships and common letter groups to attempt to spell new words, for example, ‘ake’ for ‘ache’, ‘meen’ for ‘mean’, ‘wierd’ for ‘weird’
  • referring to classroom charts and personal vocabulary lists to check or confirm spelling

  VCEALL606 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

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

  At Level CL students read and complete simple, structured activities around a wide range of familiar, short, simple texts that use repetitive structures and features and are strongly supported by illustrations. These texts may be print or digital texts, including handwritten, visual, multimodal...

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

• VCEALL645

  Read texts that contain compound and complex sentences of two or three clauses

  Elaborations

  • understanding compound sentences using common coordinating conjunctions (such as ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’) and complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions (such as ‘because’, ‘if’, ‘before’)

  VCEALL645 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

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

  The Level CL curriculum supports students as they develop basic knowledge, understanding and skills in English. Through immersion in English, students build their capacity to participate in routine and familiar exchanges in English with their peers. The curriculum covers the practising of pronunciation...

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

• VCEALC055

  Copy well-known symbols, words, phrases or short texts

  Elaborations

  • tracing or copying letters, words and sentences written by the teacher
  • copying out a short text jointly constructed by the class
  • copying and completing short, formulaic sentences to describe familiar images, such as ‘This is a …’
  • making corrections to own writing when copying text

  VCEALC055 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Communication

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level A1 description

  The Level A1 curriculum supports students as they develop basic knowledge, understanding and skills in English. Through immersion in English, students build their capacity to participate in routine and familiar exchanges in English with their peers. As a result, they begin to recognise the ways...

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

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

  At Level CL, in familiar contexts, students write short, grammatically simple texts based on well-rehearsed spoken and well-practised written English. They write for a range of basic classroom and personal purposes, such as making lists and writing simple journal entries and notes, and complete...

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

• VCEALL082

  Use basic keyboard skills to write personally significant words and simple modelled sentences

  Elaborations

  • locating letters, numbers and common symbols accurately on a keyboard
  • using basic functions of a keyboard, for example using the shift key and space bar
  • typing letters, numbers, symbols and words, copying from a print text
  • typing familiar words, such as own name, without copying

  VCEALL082 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL521

  Name letters of the alphabet and relate them to sounds

  Elaborations

  • naming each letter of the alphabet and pronouncing its most common sound
  • recognising some common letter combinations, such as ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘–at’, ‘–er’, ‘–ing’, and attempting to pronounce them

  VCEALL521 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features