Languages

TableofContents CurriculumF10 Level7 Level8 Level7 Level8

2 2 3 5 6

VCAA | AusVELS Curriculum | Date PDF created: Thursday, 18 April 2013

Languages

Level7
Standards
AtLevel7,studentsareworkingtowardtheLevel8standards.

VCAA | AusVELS Curriculum | Date PDF created: Thursday, 18 April 2013

Languages
Level8
Standards
CommunicatinginalanguageotherthanEnglish

AtPathway1Level8,studentsrecallmostofthemainideas,objectsanddetailspresentedwithatopicinthelanguage. Theyusearangeofstrategiestoassistinlisteningcomprehension. Studentsadaptlanguageandgestureappropriatelyfortherole,audienceandpurposeoftheinteraction,demonstrating awarenessoftheculturalandlanguagerequirementsofarangeofsituationsassociatedwiththetopicsbeingstudied. Studentsparticipateeffectivelyininteractionssuchasroleplaysandconversationsonsimpletopics.Theycreatesimple originaltextforspecificaudiencesandpurposesinprintandelectronicform.Theywriteparagraphsandlinked sequences,usingappropriatescriptandlanguagerelatedtothetopic. Studentscriticallyreviewtheirownwriting.Theydrafttheirwritinganduseavarietyofwritingtechniquesandtoolsto presentinformationinarangeoftexttypes.Theylocateanddownloadinformationinthelanguagefromavarietyofprint andelectronicresourcesincludingdictionariesandreferencematerials.

Romanalphabeticallanguages
l

Studentsreadsilentlyandaloudtoextractand/orcommunicateinformation.Theywriteandedittheirownworkinthe languageandidentifyareaswheretheyneedfurtherassistance.Theyuseaccents,tonemarkersandpunctuation whereappropriateforthetopicandcontextofthewriting.Theywriteinlinkedparagraphsforspecificpurposes.

NonRomanalphabeticallanguages
l

Studentsreadshortpassagessilentlyandaloudtoextractand/orcommunicateinformation.Theyapplytheir knowledgeofarangeofaccentmarkersandpunctuationinreadingandwritingfamiliarandunfamiliartexts.Theywrite inlinkedsentencesandparagraphsonatopic.

Characterlanguages
l

Studentsreadshort,modifiedtextsrelatedtothetopicsbeingstudied,silentlyandaloud.Theyapplyknowledgeof charactersandpunctuationinnewcontextsandextendtheirrangeoffamiliarcharacters.Theywriteparagraphsby followingmodelledexamples.Theyusestrategiesforcheckingandselfcorrectingtheircharacteruse,including informationandcommunicationstechnologyapplications.

Signlanguage
l

Studentsdemonstrateunderstandingofauthenticandmodifiedsignedtexts,includingdiscussions,presentationsand conversationsemphasisingcommunicationbetweentwoormoreparticipants.Theypresentandrequestinformation andopinionsoncurriculumtopicsandtopicsofinterestinclassdiscussions,presentationsandconversations,and justifydecisions,expresspersonalviewsandprovideadvice.Theyeffectivelyuseinformationandcommunications technologyapplicationsforrecordingandcommunicatinginsignedlanguage.

Interculturalknowledgeandlanguageawareness

VCAA | AusVELS Curriculum | Date PDF created: Thursday, 18 April 2013

Languages
Studentsdemonstrateskillsandknowledgeinthisdimensionbythechoicestheymakeinformulatingtheir responseto,oruseof,thelanguage. AtPathway1Level8,studentsactivelyparticipateinthecreationandmaintenanceofthelanguageandculturalambience intheclassroom.Theyselect,interpretandpresentknowledgeaboutthelanguage,itsspeakers,andcountrieswhereit isspoken. Studentsdemonstrateunderstandingofaspectsofinterpretationandtranslationbyusingappropriatelanguageand levelsofrespectindifferentcircumstances,thusreflectingtherelationshipbetweenthespeakersofthelanguage.They interactwithavarietyofspeakersofthelanguagefromdifferentcountriesandcommunities,includingAustralia,togain understandingofdiverseviewsandbeliefswithinandbetweenthesecommunities. Studentsexpresstheirownviewsandvaluesinrelationtosimplescenariosorpropositions.

VCAA | AusVELS Curriculum | Date PDF created: Thursday, 18 April 2013

Languages
Level7
Standards
AtPathway2Level7,studentsareworkingtowardtheLevel8standards.

VCAA | AusVELS Curriculum | Date PDF created: Thursday, 18 April 2013

Languages
Level8
Standards
CommunicatinginalanguageotherthanEnglish

AtPathway2Level8,studentsintroducethemselves,greetandfarewellothersusingtheappropriateregisterand reproducemodelleduseoflanguage.Theyexchangesimpleinformationontopicssuchasdailyroutinesandaspectsof theirworld.Theytalkaboutthemselvesinresponsetoquestions,andaskquestionsinresponse.Studentsmanipulate modelledlanguage.Theyreadorlistentopassagesandextractbasicfactualinformationondefinedtopics. Studentsdemonstrateeffectivesounddiscrimination.Intonelanguages,studentsdiscernallthetonepatternsinslowed speech. Studentsdescribeanduseculturallyspecificgesturesandbodylanguage.Theyshowawarenessofthelanguage requirementsofarangeofspecificsituationsrelatedtoagiventopic,andadaptlanguageandgestureappropriatelyfor therole,audienceandpurposeofthediscourse.Theyacquireandusenewinformationandlanguage,andrecycle previouslylearntlanguageskillsandknowledgeinnewcontexts. Studentsexplorewordmeanings,wordassociations,cognates,andsoon,andapplythisknowledgetotheirownwork.

Romanalphabeticallanguages
l

Studentsidentifysimilarlettersthatsounddifferentinthelanguage.Theyreadarangeofshort,andsometimes modified,textsformeaning.Theyreadaloudandattempttoapplyknowledgeofpronunciation,punctuation,toneand lettersoundvariationsinparticularcontexts.Theyexpressthemselvesthroughwritinginsentencesandparagraphsin printandelectronicform.

NonRomanalphabeticallanguages
l

Studentsdescribethedifferentwritingsystemandwriteletters,wordsandshortsentences.Theyreadshortpassages formeaning.Theypractisereadingaloudandattempttoapplyknowledgeofarangeofaccentmarkersand punctuationinavarietyofcontexts.Theyexpressthemselvesthroughwriting,inprintandelectronicform,bygenerating originalsentenceswhichmaybelinkedtoformparagraphs.

Characterlanguages
l

Studentsdiscussthedifferencesbetweenwritingsystemsacrosslanguages.Theyreadshort,modifiedtextsfor meaning.Theyreadaloudeffectively,applyingknowledgeoffamiliarcharactersandpunctuationinarangeofcontexts. Theywritecharactersusingappropriateconventionsforproducingthem(forexample,withaccurateshapeandstroke order)andfortheorganisationofextendedwriting.Theyusepinyin/rmajiforbasicwordprocessing.Theyuse strategiesincludinginformationandcommunicationstechnologyapplications,forcheckingandselfcorrectingtheir characteruse.

Signlanguage
l

Studentsinterpretinformationbycomparing,discussingoptionsanddrawingconclusions.Theycreatesimplesigned sequencestoprovidefactualinformationandmanipulateformulaiclanguagetoexpresspersonalmeaningsinliveand simulatedsituations.Theyuseinformationandcommunicationstechnologyapplicationsforrecordingandconveying signedmeaning.

VCAA | AusVELS Curriculum | Date PDF created: Thursday, 18 April 2013

Languages

ClassicallanguagesForClassicallanguages,thecompletestandardisprovidedbelow:
l

Studentsreadandinterpretarangeofsignificantlymodifiedtextsformeaningandextractbasicfactualinformationon definedtopics.Studentsbegintowritesimplesentencesusingmodifiedtextsasaguide.Theydemonstratean understandingofwordmeanings,wordassociations,cognatesandderivativesandapplythisknowledgetotheirown work.Theymanipulatemodelledlanguageatthelevelofsimplesentences.andidentify,describeanddiscusssimple linguisticandgrammaticalstructuresofthelanguage.Studentsshowanunderstandingofmorphologicalfeatures suchascase,gender,number,person,tense,moodandtheimportanceofgrammaticalagreement.They demonstrateeffectivesounddiscrimination. ForLatin,studentsidentifysimilarlettersthatsounddifferentinthelanguage,andreadaloud,attemptingtoapply knowledgeofpronunciation. ForClassicallanguageswithanonRomanalphabet,suchasClassicalGreek,studentsdescribethedifferentwriting systemandwriteletters,wordsandshortsentences.Theydescribeanddiscussadditionalelementarylinguistic structures,suchasparticlesandaspect.

Interculturalknowledgeandlanguageawareness

Studentsdemonstrateskillsandknowledgeinthisdimensionbythechoicestheymakeinformulatingtheir responseto,oruseof,thelanguage. AtPathway2Level8,studentsactivelycontributetotheestablishmentofaphysicalandlanguageenvironmentinthe classroomthatreflectsthelanguageandculture.Theyselect,interpretandpresentknowledgeaboutthelanguage,its speakers,andcountrieswhereitisspoken. Studentsdemonstrateunderstandingofaspectsofinterpretationandtranslationbyusingappropriatelanguageand levelsofrespectindifferentcircumstances,thusreflectingtherelationshipbetweenthespeakersofthelanguage. Theyinteractwithavarietyofspeakersofthelanguage,possiblyfromdifferentcountriesandcommunities,including Australia,togainunderstandingofdiverseviewsandbeliefswithinandbetweenthesecommunities.Studentsofa classicallanguagedemonstrateanunderstandingofthetargetculturefromanhistoricalperspectiveleadingtoan appreciationofancientlife,historyandcultureassociatedwiththelanguage. Studentsexpresstheirownviewsandvaluesinrelationtosimplescenariosorpropositions.

VCAA | AusVELS Curriculum | Date PDF created: Thursday, 18 April 2013