PDF documents English
Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: English are available as PDF documents. English: Sequence of content English: Sequence of achievement
PDF documents | English | F-10 curriculum
Rationale English
The study of English is central to the learning and development of all young Australians. It helps create confident communicators, imaginative thinkers and informed citizens. It is through the study of English that individuals learn to analyse, understand, …
Rationale | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1550
exploring examples of ‘Globish’ English
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1550 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Structure English
Strands, sub-strands and threads The Australian Curriculum: English Foundation to Year 10 is organised into three interrelated strands that support students' growing understanding and use of Standard Australian English (English). Each strand interacts …
Structure | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1540
Understand the influence and impact that the English language has had on other languages or dialects and how English has been influenced in return
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1540 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1704
using paragraphs to present and sequence a text
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1704 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1540
exploring examples of Singlish (Singapore English) from a Singlish dictionary
Elaboration | ACELA1540 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1540
investigating borrowings from a range of languages into English, for example from French and Italian
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1540 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELY1677
Plan and deliver short presentations, providing some key details in logical sequence
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELY1677 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (8) ACELY1650
drawing events in sequence, recognising that for some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories the sequence of events may be cyclical
Elaboration (8) | ACELY1650 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1426
Understand that English is one of many languages spoken in Australia and that different languages may be spoken by family, classmates and community
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1426 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1515
Understand that different social and geographical dialects or accents are used in Australia in addition to Standard Australian English
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1515 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1550
Understand that Standard Australian English is a living language within which the creation and loss of words and the evolution of usage is ongoing
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1550 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1563
Understand that Standard Australian English in its spoken and written forms has a history of evolution and change and continues to evolve
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1563 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | English | F-10 curriculum
Aims English
The Australian Curriculum: English aims to ensure that students: learn to listen to, read, view, speak, write, create and reflect on increasingly complex and sophisticated spoken, written and multimodal texts across a growing range of contexts with accuracy, …
Aims | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1685
using features of relevant technologies to plan, sequence, compose and edit multimodal texts
Elaboration | ACELY1685 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum
Key ideas English
Texts Texts provide the means for communication. They can be written, spoken, visual, multimodal, and in print or digital/online forms. Multimodal texts combine language with other means of communication such as visual images, soundtrack or spoken words, …
Key ideas | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1487
Understand that Standard Australian English is one of many social dialects used in Australia, and that while it originated in England it has been influenced by many other languages
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1487 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1550
identifying some of the changes in the grammar of English over time, for example from ‘thee’ and ‘thou’ to ‘you’
Elaboration | ACELA1550 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1563
investigating differences between spoken and written English by comparing the language of conversation and interviews with the written language of print texts
Elaboration | ACELA1563 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | English | F-10 curriculum