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• Japanese - F–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 8, students use Japanese to interact with peers, the teacher and others to exchange information, recount experiences and express opinions. They use verb ましょう for planning and making arrangements and offering suggestions. They ask and respond to a range of questions, for example,

  Level description | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8

• VCEALC503

  Read short, familiar texts

  Elaborations

  • identifying letters, numbers, words and logos on signs and labels
  • reading aloud short passages from own writing, texts written by a teacher, or a familiar text used in class

  VCEALC503 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL372

  Develop a small range of skills to create and navigate a simple digital text, including multimodal and interactive texts

  Elaborations

  • typing in letters and words, copying from a print text or typing short original texts
  • following step-by-step instructions to navigate a digital text using menu items or links

  VCEALL372 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL522

  Interpret basic punctuation and spacing

  Elaborations

  • identifying common punctuation, such as full stops, question marks
  • counting words in a sentence or on a line, based on spacing
  • using capital letters and full stops to identify and count sentences in a text

  VCEALL522 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL451

  Create, edit and navigate a simple digital text, including visual, multimodal and interactive texts

  Elaborations

  • editing texts in simple ways, including deleting or inserting letters, words, punctuation and symbols
  • recognising icons used for common functions, such as search, download or print
  • reading menus or links in order to navigate a website

  VCEALL451 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL081

  Use some conventions for printed English

  Elaborations

  • using conventional pencil grip when forming letters and numbers
  • writing from left to right and top to bottom
  • leaving a space between words
  • using ruled lines to guide writing on the page

  VCEALL081 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL239

  Demonstrate basic keyboard skills

  Elaborations

  • identifying basic letters, numbers, symbols and punctuation marks on a keyboard
  • placing a cursor in the correct position on a document page
  • using a mouse to scroll through a document
  • copying basic words from a text

  VCEALL239 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCELA239

  Identify all Standard Australian English phonemes, including short and long vowels, separate sounds in clusters

  Elaborations

  • listening for and recognising different sounds in words during shared reading and read alouds including short vowels ('a' as in can), long vowels ('o' as in pony) and separate sounds in letter clusters ('s-t-r' in strap)

  VCELA239 | Curriculum content | English | Level 2 | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELY090

  Create simple texts by labelling images from an event with own ‘writing’

  Elaborations

  • assisting in the collection of relevant images for a class photo story
  • attempting to copy letters and simple words from a modelled example
  • participating in the construction of class texts by selecting images, and adding vocalisation or drawings

  VCELY090 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Writing | Literacy

• VCEALA066

  Clarify the meaning of a word in home language and ask for the word to be written so it can be copied

  Elaborations

  • talking to home language peers to explain the idea in home language and ask for a translation into English
  • asking peers or the teacher to write the word in English after hearing the translation

  VCEALA066 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALL080

  Spell with accuracy some consonant–vowel–consonant words and common words learnt in the classroom

  Elaborations

  • spelling some high-frequency words accurately from memory, including own name, short words used regularly, and consonant–vowel–consonant words such as ‘bag’, ‘top’, ‘get’
  • referring to classroom charts and personal vocabulary lists to check and confirm the spelling of high-frequency words
  • recording high-frequency words in a personal vocabulary list

  VCEALL080 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL600

  Use single-word subject–verb–object word order in simple sentences and noun–pronoun agreements with few errors

  Elaborations

  • constructing basic sentences using single words for subjects, verbs and objects in the correct order, such as ‘I learn English’, ‘Yesterday we watch video’
  • using noun–pronoun agreement with varied accuracy, for example ‘I like apples’, ‘She like oranges’

  VCEALL600 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCELA384

  Understand how to use spelling rules and word origins to learn new words and how to spell them

  Elaborations

  • using Greek and Latin roots, base words, suffixes, prefixes, spelling patterns and generalisations

  VCELA384 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Writing | Language

• VCELY300

  Reread and edit for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structure

  Elaborations

  • revising written texts: editing for grammatical and spelling accuracy and clarity of the text, to improve the connection between ideas and overall fluency

  VCELY300 | Curriculum content | English | Level 4 | Writing | Literacy

• VCESC116

  Translate frequently used words and simple phrases using visual cues and resources such as word lists

  Elaborations

  • explaining to others the meanings and use of simple expressions such as greetings that are used for different times and occasions, for example, ¡Buenos días! ¡Buenas tardes! ¡Buenas noches!
  • using classroom resources such as word banks/wall charts, visual dictionaries, word lists and pictures to translate the meaning of single words and common expressions
  • identifying words that look similar and have the same meaning in Spanish and English but are pronounced differently (animal, tomate, fruta, violín, guitarra, mosquito), and considering why these words are similar
  • demonstrating and explaining hand gestures, intonation patterns and facial expressions that accompany Spanish words and phrases or can be used without language

  VCESC116 | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Translating

• VCESC008

  Translate and compare simple texts such as public signs, menus and advertisements in Spanish and English, noticing that it is not always possible to translate word for word

  Elaborations

  • translating short texts such as public signs or community notices from Spanish to English and vice versa, identifying problems encountered and noticing similarities and differences in how the messages are formed, for example, the Spanish use of infinitive forms in signs compared to the English use of imperatives
  • using print and electronic dictionaries to assist in the translation of simple texts, noticing that single words can have different meanings, for example, ‘cricket’ (sport or insect) and the six possible translations of ‘you’ in Spanish (tú, usted, ustedes, vosotros, vosotras, vos)
  • collecting examples of ‘false friends’ encountered when translating between English and Spanish, for example, carpeta/‘folder’, contestar/‘answer’, pie/‘foot’
  • identifying cognates in Spanish texts that can be used to predict meaning (alto, stop, chocolate, patata), and considering reasons for the similarities
  • understanding the distinction between literal and non-literal translation, and identifying expressions in Spanish or English that make no sense when translated literally into the other language, for example, pasarlo bomba, tomar el pelo, meter la pata, costar un ojo de la cara, dar la lata, ‘she’ll be right’, ‘fair dinkum’, ‘a piece of cake’, ‘to cost an arm and a leg’
  • comparing and translating language used in Spanish and English text messages, for example, a2 (adiós), xq? (¿por qué?), kntm (cuéntame), tqi (tengo que irme), CU (‘See you’), LOL (‘Laughing out loud’), and considering the use and effects of abbreviations

  VCESC008 | Languages | Spanish | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Translating

• VCGRCU009

  Acquire and build vocabulary by using roots, derivatives and word lists, and use dictionaries to select appropriate meanings of Classical Greek words

  Elaborations

  • developing own and class lists of vocabulary related to texts and topics, such as daily life in ancient Greece, for example, δοῦλος/δεσπότης, γυμνάσιον/παλαίστρα
  • creating a class bank of words frequently found in Classical Greek, for example, μῦθος/ἥρως/θηρίον, ναῦς/ναύτης/ναύκληρος/ναυμαχίαν, πλοῦς/ἱστίον/ἐρέτης/λιμήν, and common expressions used in everyday activities, for example, χαίρετε, τὶ πράττεις; ἐλθὲ δεῦρο, φεῦ, οἴμοι, εὖγε, εὖ ποιεῖς, σὺν ἀλλήλοις
  • practising vocabulary knowledge, for example, by using electronic resources
  • using print and electronic dictionaries to locate the appropriate meanings of words
  • understanding that one Classical Greek word may correspond to several different English words, and selecting the most appropriate meaning of a word in its context
  • developing strategies for vocabulary building by applying knowledge of roots and derivatives, for example, ἄγγελος (angel/archangel/evangelist), περί (periscope/perimeter/periphery), μόνος/η/ον (monotony, monologue, monopoly)
  • building vocabulary by recognising Classical Greek words commonly used in English, for example, idea, aroma, drama, synthesis, analysis, antithesis, hyperbole

  VCGRCU009 | Languages | Classical Greek | Levels 7 and 8 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCIDU114

  Recognise pronunciation of compound words and polysyllabic words, and use of rhythm and stress in complex sentences

  Elaborations

  • recognising sounds such as the glottal stop k and unexploded t at end of words, and sound combinations such as kh and sy, in words such as khatulistiwa, masyarakat
  • understanding rising intonation in polysyllabic words (for example, membersihkan) and compound words, for example, kerajinan tangan
  • recognising and reproducing the rhythm of extended sentences, such as the correct pausing for clauses in a complex sentence, for example,…yang sudah diterimanya,…

  VCIDU114 | Languages | Indonesian | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCJAU174

  Understand that katakana is used for loan words, and that these words must be pronounced within the combinations of available Japanese sounds

  Elaborations

  • accurately pronouncing all combinations of kana, including voiced and unvoiced elements, and all combined sounds (contractions and blends)
  • recognising that in the copula desu and the verb suffix masu, the ‘u’ is devoiced in normal speech
  • using available combinations of katakana to experiment with Japanese pronunciation of unfamiliar loan words, for example, ホワイトボード
  • understanding that some new combinations of sounds have been devised to allow for pronunciation of loan words, for example, ティ

  VCJAU174 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCJAU156

  Engage with authentic spoken language, recognising how words blend and understanding the relationship between sounds, words and meaning

  Elaborations

  • knowing how to pronounce all the sounds in the kana chart, including voiced and unvoiced sounds (てんてん and まる), combined and long vowel sounds and double consonants, for example, きって and りょうり
  • understanding that the sounds of hiragana and katakana are identical even though the associated scripts are different
  • knowing that the hiragana spelling of a particular particle does not match its pronunciation, for example, ‘wa’ for は , ‘e’ for へ, ‘o/wo’ for を
  • noticing that certain combinations of two moras make one rhythm unit (foot), for example, the copula です and the verb suffix ます

  VCJAU156 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Systems of language