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• VCELY161

  Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops

  Elaborations

  • rereading collaboratively developed texts to check that they communicate what the authors intended

  VCELY161 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Writing | Literacy

• VCJAU159

  Recognise the use of formulaic expressions and textual features in familiar texts such as emails, letters, postcards or telephone conversations

  Elaborations

  • recognising the order for writing the components of the date in Japanese, for example, 年(ねん)、月、日、よう日
  • understanding the significance of features of different types of texts, such as opening and closing emails, letters or phone conversations, for example, ～さんへ、～より、もしもし
  • considering how the composition of texts in different languages reflects cultural values, such as the ordering of information on Japanese ID cards or when kanji or Arabic numerals are used in Japanese texts
  • understanding conventions associated with using げんこうようし、for example, the size of small characters, the position in the square and the placing of punctuation

  VCJAU159 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCEALA039

  Distinguish English script from non-English script

  Elaborations

  • recognising letters of the alphabet and words written in English
  • pointing to words in English in a multilingual text

  VCEALA039 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA226

  Initiate and practise writing tasks

  Elaborations

  • copying words from everyday signs and labels, or practising tracing and writing letters, words or numbers, from charts or an alphabet strip

  VCEALA226 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCCCTR004

  Examine words that show reasons and words that show conclusions

  Elaborations

  • asking what happened or was decided ‘in the end’ to show what a conclusion is
  • listening to sentences that show a conclusion and a reason and identifying which words or phrases show each

  VCCCTR004 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Foundation to Level 2 | Reasoning

• VCEALA121

  Locate words in a bilingual dictionary or in class word lists

  Elaborations

  • referring to a picture or bilingual dictionary to check spelling or meaning of English words
  • locating words on classroom charts and word lists
  • adding to word lists to keep a record of words, spelling, meaning and pronunciation in English and home language

  VCEALA121 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCELA004

  Respond to words and groups of words and objects in texts and in the environment

  Elaborations

  • encountering words, images and written texts within their environment
  • reacting to texts in various modes within the environment
  • reacting to key words and familiar images

  VCELA004 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Reading and Viewing | Language

• Languages | Turkish: Learning in Turkish

  Turkish language learning

  Turkish is the official language of the Republic of Turkey and one of the official languages of Cyprus. It originated many centuries ago in the Northern Siberian Altay Mountain Range. Nomadic people brought the language with them as they expanded out to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan...

  Overview material | Turkish

• German - F–10 Sequence: Foundation to Level 2 description

  Students become familiar with the sounds and rhythms of German, approximating the pronunciation and phrasing of single words and short phrases, including distinctive sounds such as ch, r, th, u and z, and diphthongs such as au, ei, eu and ie. They use simple basic sentence structures and familiar...

  Level description | Languages | German | F–10 Sequence

• Non-Roman Alphabet Languages - F–10 Sequence: Foundation to Level 2 description

  The language is learnt in parallel with English language and literacy. While the learning of the language differs from the learning of English, each supports and enriches the other. The language is used in classroom interactions, routines and activities, supported by the use of materials and resources...

  Level description | Languages | Non-Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence

• Arabic - F–10 Sequence: Foundation to Level 2 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 2, students interact with the teacher and peers to exchange information about themselves, their family and friends, for example, إسمي هاني؛ أنا ليلى؛ عمري ست سنوات؛ أمي سميرة؛ أبي خالد؛ عندي أخ وأخت؛ صديقي رامي؛ صديقتي رنا , and initiate interactions by asking and responding...

  Level description | Languages | Arabic | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2

• Non-Roman Alphabet Languages - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students use the spoken and written language being studied to exchange personal information, describe feelings and express preferences. When participating in collaborative activities, transactions and classroom routines, they ask and respond to questions, plan collaboratively...

  Level description | Languages | Non-Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6

• VCEALL232

  Use basic descriptive words

  Elaborations

  • writing simple adjectives and adverbs as single words or part of short phrases, for example ‘tall tree’, ‘run fast’
  • using simple adjectives and adverbs to express personal opinions or responses, such as ‘nice’, ‘little bit’

  VCEALL232 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL046

  Recognise familiar words and phrases

  Elaborations

  • recognising and reading personally significant words, such as own name on charts, book labels and name tags
  • locating and pointing to familiar words or phrases when prompted, for example ‘This book is about frogs. Where can you see the word “frog”?’
  • reading aloud words and phrases from familiar texts
  • recognising common words and phrases from familiar charts, labels, books
  • recognising labels for frequently accessed classroom items, for example ‘books’, ‘recycling’
  • following instructions on simple signs such as ‘Stop’, ‘Line up here’

  VCEALL046 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL260

  Use learnt words in speech

  Elaborations

  • retaining learnt words by using them in speech with the teacher, peers or family members

  VCEALL260 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCELA005

  Respond to images and words in texts

  Elaborations

  • experiencing sound, image and text used in print and screen
  • reacting to images and objects within their environment
  • attending to a preferred image or sound such as a photo or voice of a familiar adult
  • fixating on objects and tracking objects within texts

  VCELA005 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Reading and Viewing | Language

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) - Pathway A: Early immersion - EAL: Level C1 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  At Level C1 students read and comprehend a range of short, simple, familiar factual or fictional texts developed by the teacher. These texts may be print or digital texts, including handwritten, visual, multimodal and interactive texts.

  Students understand a range of basic print instructions...

  Level description | English | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Pathway A: Early immersion | EAL | Level C1 | Reading and Viewing

• Japanese - F–10 Sequence: Levels 3 and 4 description

  Students recognise the predictable nature of pronunciation in Japanese and apply their knowledge of sound–letter associations to spell new words. They recognise and use elements of grammar including simple verb forms, adjectives, interrogatives and some particles to understand and create...

  Level description | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence

• VCEALL110

  Identify and produce phonemes in blends or clusters at the beginning and end of syllables

  Elaborations

  • identifying and repeating rhyming words using phoneme blends, for example ‘share’ and ‘chair’; ‘mind’ and ‘find’
  • identifying words or syllables that contain the same phonemes, for example ‘bump’, ‘camp’
  • blending two or three phonemes together to make syllables, for example ‘b-oo-k’, ‘sh-ee-t’

  VCEALL110 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• Modern Greek - F–10 Sequence: Foundation to Level 2 description

  Students become familiar with the sound system of the Modern Greek language, such as syllables using consonants and vowels, and new sounds, such as the guttural γ, ρ and γκ and ξ and ψ in words. They learn to identify and write letters, words and simple sentences using...

  Level description | Languages | Modern Greek | F–10 Sequence