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Bridging Unit 4 English as an Additional Language or Dialect

Bridging Unit 4 is aimed at students who are in the late Developing phase of the EAL/D Foundation to Year 10 learning progression. It focuses on responding to and creating connected extended texts in personal, social, community and workplace contexts …

Bridging Unit 4 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum

Representation of General capabilities English as an Additional Language or Dialect

General capabilities covered in EAL/D include: Literacy, Numeracy, Information and communication technology (ICT) capability, Critical and creative thinking, Personal and social capability, Ethical understanding and Intercultural understanding. Literacy Literacy …

Representation of General capabilities | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum

Texts English as an Additional Language or Dialect

Teachers will use an array of material in class. Texts include literary texts, fiction and non-fiction, media texts, everyday texts, and workplace texts, from increasingly complex and unfamiliar settings, ranging from the everyday language of personal …

Texts | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum

Rationale/Aims English as an Additional Language or Dialect

Rationale English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) focuses on language learning and the explicit teaching of the structure, linguistic features and sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of Standard Australian English (SAE). Through close …

Rationale/Aims | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum

Language table English as an Additional Language or Dialect

Key language skills for EAL/D The key language skills described below provide a focus for language instruction in any unit at students’ point of need and should be taught in context and if relevant. Students should be given the opportunity to develop …

Language table | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum

ACEEA048

using metalanguage to express personal and critical responses to texts.

ACEEA092

reflecting on and evaluating personal interpretations and those of others.

ACEEA059

using cultural references, idioms and colloquialisms

Structure of English as an Additional Language or Dialect English as an Additional Language or Dialect

Units 1–4 Unit 1 focuses on investigating how language and culture are interrelated and expressed in a range of contexts. A variety of oral, written and multimodal texts are used to develop understanding of text structures and language features. The relationship …

Structure of English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum

Unit 2 English as an Additional Language or Dialect

Unit 2 focuses on analysing and evaluating perspectives and attitudes presented in texts and creating extended texts for a range of contexts. SAE language skills for effective communication in an expanding range of contexts are consolidated. The use of …

Unit 2 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum

Unit 3 English as an Additional Language or Dialect

Unit 3 focuses on analysing how language choices are used to achieve different purposes and effects in a range of contexts. SAE language skills are developed so that they can be used to describe, inform, express a point of view and persuade for different …

Unit 3 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum

Unit 4 English as an Additional Language or Dialect

Unit 4 focuses on analysing, evaluating and using language to represent and respond to issues, ideas and attitudes in a range of contexts. By extending and consolidating language and communication skills, critical use of SAE for a range of contexts, purposes …

Unit 4 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum

ACEEA073

using language to express a personal evaluation of an object, a process or a performance

ACEEA009

defining common cultural references and implied meanings in texts

ACEEA031

understanding common cultural references, conceptual metaphors and connotations

ACEEA038

interpreting cultural references and implied meanings in texts

ACEEA064

explaining cultural beliefs and assumptions reflected in texts

Unit 1 English as an Additional Language or Dialect

Unit 1 focuses on investigating how language and culture are interrelated and expressed in a range of contexts. A variety of oral, written and multimodal texts are used to develop understanding of text structures and language features. Students explore …

Unit 1 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum

ACEEA164

identifying and explaining common cultural references, idiomatic language and simple colloquialisms

ACEEA094

analysing how audiences are positioned in texts and how texts present different perspectives on personal, social and historical issues

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