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English in the Victorian Curriculum  

Literacy is central to the learning and development of every child. It helps create confident communicators, imaginative thinkers and informed citizens. It is through the study of English that individuals learn to analyse, understand, communicate and build relationships with others and with the world around them. 

 

The English curriculum aims to ensure that students:

  • learn to listen to, read, view, speak, write, create and reflect on spoken, written and multimodal texts across different contexts with accuracy, fluency and purpose
  • appreciate, enjoy and use the English language to evoke feelings, convey information, form ideas, facilitate interaction with others, entertain, persuade and argue
  • understand how Standard Australian English works in its spoken and written forms to create meaning
  • develop an informed appreciation of literature.

The English curriculum is organised by language modes and strands. The language modes are interrelated and the learning in one often supports and extends learning of the others. Each mode is further divided into three strands: Language, Literature and Literacy.

Modes

Reading & Viewing

Writing

Speaking & Listening

This  involves students understanding, interpreting, critically analysing, reflecting upon, and enjoying written and visual, print and non-print texts. 

It also involves the development of knowledge about a range of strategies for reading.

This involves students in the active process of conceiving, planning, composing, editing and publishing a range of texts. 

It  involves using appropriate language for particular purposes or occasions, to express and to represent ideas and experiences.

This refers to the various formal and informal ways oral language is used to convey and receive meaning. 

It involves the development and demonstration of knowledge about the appropriate oral language for particular audiences and occasions.

Information taken from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

 

Simone Crist

Literacy Leader