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• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level A2 description

  The Level A2 curriculum supports students to expand their repertoire of spoken and written English. Students explore communication in predictable social situations. Students learn to identify key points in familiar topics and to develop their capacity to use images as cues to decode meaning.

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  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 C2 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level C2 students read and comprehend a range of short, familiar fictional and factual texts and, when well supported, some unfamiliar texts. These texts may be print or digital texts, including handwritten, visual, multimodal and interactive texts.

  Students show some comprehension beyond...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway C: Late immersion - EAL: Level C1 description

  The curriculum for Level C1 supports students to develop their communication skills both verbally and non-verbally. It provides a range of opportunities for students to interact with their peers. Through active participation in conversations, students learn about the ways to apply formulaic language...

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

• VCEALA593

  Participate in shared or modelled writing activities

  Elaborations

  • participating in a range of shared writing activities, such as joint construction of a text, sequencing sentences in a group, peer editing
  • suggesting new ideas that relate to the topic being discussed
  • applying knowledge of vocabulary and grammar to suggest edits to shared texts

  VCEALA593 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA305

  Translate literally from home language to English

  Elaborations

  • translating word-for-word from home language to English, before adapting the translation into English sentence structure
  • using a bilingual dictionary to find translations of new words, and noting these in home language and English

  VCEALA305 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• 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

• VCEALA068

  Understand some terminology of writing in English and/or home language

  Elaborations

  • understanding some terminology of writing, such as ‘word’, ‘letter’, ‘sentence’, ‘space’, ‘full stop’
  • following simple instructions using writing terminology, for example ‘Write in capital letters’, ‘Leave a line in between’

  VCEALA068 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | 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

• VCEALC544

  Respond appropriately to a range of commonly encountered questions using short, familiar formulas or expressions

  Elaborations

  • using familiar or formulaic phrases and sentences to respond, such as ‘My name is …’ or ‘Nice to meet you’
  • borrowing words or phrases from the question to respond, for example ‘What is your favourite sport?’ ‘My favourite sport is …’

  VCEALC544 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC550

  Exchange information in oral interactions

  Elaborations

  • understanding a range of common questions on personal or familiar topics
  • using common sentence structures and borrowing phrases from questions, for example ‘What do you like to do on the weekends?’ ‘I like to do sport on the weekends’

  VCEALC550 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC264

  Understand a range of simple texts based on predictable language structures and vocabulary

  Elaborations

  • matching phrases and sentences from the text to images or diagrams showing the same ideas
  • demonstrating understanding of simple factual or fictional texts by performing a task, such as following written instructions to plant a seed in a pot, or drawing parts of a story

  VCEALC264 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC245

  Identify some key points of information in short spoken texts, with guidance

  Elaborations

  • understanding learnt vocabulary and sentence structures in texts
  • pointing to parts of pictures that are mentioned in the text or conversation
  • using questions to help identify relevant items of information, for example Teacher: ‘What colour was it?’ Student: ‘It was blue’

  VCEALC245 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC346

  Identify the main idea in short texts using guide questions

  Elaborations

  • identifying key words in questions and finding them in the text
  • identifying key words from headings or topic sentences in order to extract key information from a factual text

  VCEALC346 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC633

  Locate specific information from subject-based diagrams, graphs and charts

  Elaborations

  • identifying a sentence that describes a graph or image, for example ‘More than half of the class walks to school’
  • using labels or captions to identify specific features on a diagram, illustration or map

  VCEALC633 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | 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

• VCEALC738

  Understand the point of view and message of an unfamiliar speaker, with minimal support

  Elaborations

  • applying knowledge of text structures, such as introduction or topic sentences, to predict key messages and recognise repeated points
  • using information from support materials, such as relevant background knowledge provided beforehand, to identify main topics and key words

  VCEALC738 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC184

  Read simple, familiar texts with assistance

  Elaborations

  • reading classroom signs, labels, words from classroom charts
  • reading aloud one sentence at a time from own writing
  • tracking words with a finger while listening to a simple text read aloud

  VCEALC184 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL049

  Recognise some letters of the alphabet

  Elaborations

  • recognising and naming some letters of the alphabet
  • identifying common letters in different words consistently, for example pointing to all the ‘t’s in a sentence
  • reading aloud the spelling of a word by naming the letters

  VCEALL049 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL100

  Combine known formulas, structures and other vocabulary to communicate

  Elaborations

  • creating original utterances by using new words with known sentence structures, for example ‘Yesterday I went to the swim’
  • using a range of question beginnings, such as ‘Who’, ‘Where’, ‘How’, ‘Why’, ‘Do you …?’, ‘Can I …?’

  VCEALL100 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL339

  Self-correct pronunciation and grammar

  Elaborations

  • assessing the listener’s understanding based on body language, facial expressions and direct feedback
  • seeking assistance from speech partners to re-pronounce words or rephrase sentences
  • attempting to self-correct pronunciation and grammar

  VCEALL339 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features