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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 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

ACEEN012

drawing on a range of technologies in, for example, research, communication and representation of ideas

ACEEA184

initiating, sustaining and ending communication in a range of familiar, some unfamiliar and academic contexts

ACEEA185

using some common idiomatic and colloquial expressions appropriate for the context of communication.

ACEEA122

using graphic representations of information

Rationale/Aims Essential English

Rationale Essential English focuses on consolidating and refining the skills and knowledge needed by students to become competent, confident and engaged users of English in many contemporary contexts including everyday, community, social, further education, …

Rationale/Aims | Essential English | 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

ACEEA039

locating, selecting and evaluating information sources and synthesising information from these sources

ACEEE024

using different strategies for finding information such as taking notes to summarise and/or paraphrase information.

ACEEE017

summarising ideas and information presented in texts

ACEEA010

locating suitable information sources, skimming for general meanings and scanning for specific information, note-taking, summarising, paraphrasing and using graphic organisers to collect and collate information

ACEEA033

organising and presenting spoken information appropriate to audience and purpose

ACEEA133

identifying essential information from a range of familiar texts

ACEEA136

using modelled research skills and strategies to find information.

ACEEE014

using strategies for planning, recording sources of information and proofreading.

ACEEE022

locating and selecting information from a range of sources

ACEEE046

reflecting on the way ideas and information are presented in texts.

ACEEA001

seeking assistance and asking for clarification in social and academic contexts, negotiating meaning and re-establishing communication, using home language or dialect to clarify understanding

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