ACEEA157
demonstrating some understanding of common idiomatic and colloquial expressions.
ACEEA157 | Content Descriptions | Bridging Unit 3 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACELR016
drawing on knowledge and understanding of storytelling, style and the structure of texts
ACELR016 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 1 Essential English
Unit 1 focuses on students comprehending and responding to the ideas and information presented in texts drawn from a range of contexts. Students are taught a variety of strategies to assist comprehension. They read, view and listen to texts to connect, …
Unit 1 | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 2 Essential English
Unit 2 focuses on interpreting ideas and arguments in a range of texts and contexts. By analysing text structures and language features and identifying the ideas, arguments and values expressed, students make inferences about the purposes and the intended …
Unit 2 | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4 Essential English
Unit 4 focuses on community, local or global issues and ideas presented in texts and on developing students’ reasoned responses to them. Students develop independent points of view by synthesising information from a range of sources, and analysing how …
Unit 4 | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
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
Structure of Literature Literature
Units Unit 1 develops students’ knowledge and understanding of different ways of reading and creating literary texts drawn from a widening range of historical, social, cultural and personal contexts. Students analyse the relationships between language, …
Structure of Literature | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA030
understanding and using non-verbal cues in a range of formal and informal contexts
ACEEA030 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA109
using visual information and home language or dialect to support understanding
ACEEA109 | Content Descriptions | Bridging Unit 1 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA142
understanding how there can be nuances in familiar, commonly used words.
ACEEA142 | Content Descriptions | Bridging Unit 2 | 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
Rationale English
Rationale English focuses on developing students’ analytical, creative and critical thinking and communication skills in all language modes. It encourages students to engage with texts from their contemporary world, with texts from the past and with texts …
Rationale | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
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
Structure of Essential English Essential English
Units Unit 1 focuses on students comprehending and responding to the ideas and information presented in texts drawn from a range of contexts. Students are taught a variety of strategies to assist comprehension. They read, view and listen to texts to connect, …
Structure of Essential English | 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
Structure of English English
Units In Unit 1 students explore how meaning is communicated through the relationships between language, text, purpose, context and audience. This includes how language and texts are shaped by their purpose, the audiences for whom they are intended and …
Structure of English | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims Literature
Rationale Literature focuses on the study of literary texts, developing students as independent, innovative and creative learners and thinkers who appreciate the aesthetic use of language, evaluate perspectives and evidence, and challenge ideas and interpretations. …
Rationale/Aims | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA003
understanding non-verbal cues as related to SAE contexts; for example, conventions of eye contact, gesture, physical space/distance
ACEEA003 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA004
understanding and using some common cultural references, idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms, and culturally accepted politeness conventions and protocols in different contexts
ACEEA004 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA126
communicating ideas orally, digitally and in writing; rewording for understanding and asking for clarification or repetition; using home language or dialect
ACEEA126 | Content Descriptions | Bridging Unit 2 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum