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VELS level 5 & 6 – Speaking and Listening
Students develop and use speaking and listening abilities to manage and direct their learning to:
- acquire new knowledge and
- use these areas of knowledge in more self directing and self managing way.
Munro, J. (2005)
Victorian Essential Learning Standards English, Speaking and listening, Level 5 Learning focus (extract) (anchor link)
Victorian Essential Learning Standards English, Speaking and listening, Level 6 Learning focus (extract) (anchor link)
Victorian Essential Learning Standards English, Speaking and listening, Level 5 standard (anchor link)
Victorian Essential Learning Standards English, Speaking and listening, Level 6 standard (anchor link)
Learning focus (extract) Level 5
Students learn to use formal language to construct spoken and written texts for a range of purposes and audiences…They continue to develop their planning, drafting, editing and proofreading skills, using computer technology to organise, format, revise and present their texts.
Students work cooperatively in discussion groups, using talk to explore and analyse challenging themes and issues. They develop their skills in identifying main issues in a topic, providing supporting detail and evidence for opinions, asking relevant clarifying questions and building on the ideas of others. They apply their knowledge of spoken texts and oral language to experiment with techniques to influence audiences, including vocabulary, rhythm, intonation, timing, pausing, body language and facial expression. They examine how situational and sociocultural factors affect audience responses and the impact of different text and sentence structures on readers and viewers. They explore ways of using multimodal texts to enhance visual and verbal communication.
Learning focus (extract) Level 6
Students listen to and are provided with opportunities to produce a range of spoken texts in a variety of formal and informal situations characterised by complexity of purpose, and subject matter. They critically examine the variety of ways in which spoken language influences audiences and, in their own presentations, experiment with a range of persuasive techniques.
In spoken, written and multimodal texts students apply their skills to planning and developing formal arguments about complex issues, and use evidence systematically to justify points of view and develop logical conclusions. They make increasingly effective use of a range of word-processing and editing software to produce texts that incorporate digital still images, digital audio and video, and print.
Standard, Level 5 Speaking and listening
At Level 5, students express creative and analytical responses to texts, themes and issues. They identify main issues in a topic and provide supporting detail and evidence for opinions. They critically evaluate the spoken language of others and select, prepare and present spoken texts for specific audiences and purposes. They use a variety of multimodal texts to support individual presentations in which they inform or persuade an audience.
When listening to others, students ask clarifying questions and build on the ideas of others. They identify key ideas and take notes. They show an awareness of the influence of audience on the construction and presentation of spoken texts, and of how situational and sociocultural factors affect audience responses.
Standard, Level 6 Speaking and listening
At Level 6, students analyse critically the relationship between texts, contexts, speakers and listeners in a range of situations. When engaged in discussion, they compare ideas, build on others’ ideas, provide and justify other points of view, and reach conclusions that take account of aspects of an issue. In their presentations, they make effective use of the structures and features of spoken language to deal with complex subject matter in a range of situations.
They draw on a range of strategies to listen to and present spoken texts, including note-taking, combining spoken and visual texts, and presenting complex issues or information imaginatively to interest an audience.
Standard, Level 6 Speaking and listening
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