Language and Literacy
Levels across the
Australian Curriculum:
EALD Students
Introduction for leaders
Language and Literacy Levels across the
Australian Curriculum: EALD Students
• To replace the ESL Scope and Scales in use
since 2003
• The Language and Literacy Levels reflect
the language and literacy students need to
access the Australian Curriculum across
learning areas at their year level from R-10
• Each Level is equivalent to the same ESL
Scale.
use since 2003
•
To replace the ESL Scope and Scales in use si
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Language and Literacy Levels across the
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• Year
Year • Start
Level
Level
R
• Start
L &L 1
•
R2 3
Level
• End nd
• R
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
End 1
R
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10-12
4
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
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Language and Literacy Levels across the
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To be used for assessing EALD student work
to:
• determine student language learning need
and identify a support category for allocation of
EALD funding
• monitor EALD student progress
• inform language and literacy teaching and
learning programs.
o be used for assinform language and literacy
Language and Literacy Levels across the
Australian Curriculum: EALD Students
The broader intention is for:
• informing whole school processes to
improve student writing and oral language
• programming and planning
• monitoring language learning
progression of any students enabled by
relevant changes to EDSAS
Language and Literacy Levels across the
Australian Curriculum: EALD Students
Introduction provides:
• a rationale and aims plus background for the
document.
• various appendices which
– detail processes for assigning a Level
– show the range of learning area texts
(genres) from the Australian Curriculum
– compare the new document with the
ACARA EALD Learning Progression
Language and Literacy Levels across the
Australian Curriculum: EALD Students
• Four sets of Levels:
• Levels 1 – 6
• Levels 4 - 9
• Levels 7 – 10
• Levels 11 – 14
• Glossary: there is a glossary of terms
to ensure all terminology is understood.
ACARA Literacy Capability Literacy
Continuum - elements
Informed by Australian
Curriculum Literacy
Continuum element of
Composing texts and
organising elements of
language knowledge
– Text knowledge
– Grammar knowledge
– Word knowledge
– Visual knowledge
(incorporated in
Composing Texts)
Language and Literacy Levels across the
Australian Curriculum: EALD Students
Composing Learning Area texts
–Oral Interactions and
Presentations (only in Levels 1 – 6)
–Using visuals in multi-modal texts
–Written texts – ability to construct text
types relevant to learning areas is described at
each Level
Language and Literacy Levels across the
Australian Curriculum: EALD Students
Text knowledge
–Organisational structures of
learning area texts
–Text cohesion
• Text and Paragraph Openers
• Text Connectives
• Sentence Openers
• Reference
Language and Literacy Levels across the
Australian Curriculum: EALD Students
Grammar knowledge
–Sentence Structures
• Simple, compound and complex
–Punctuation
• Sentence level, capitals, commas
–Words and Word Groups
• Processes (verbs), Tense
• Circumstances
• Noun groups and Nominalisations
Language and Literacy Levels across the
Australian Curriculum: EALD Students
Grammar knowledge
–Expressing opinion and point of
view
• Evaluative language
• Modality (e.g. certainty, frequency)
• Expressing opinion directly and
indirectly
Language and Literacy Levels across the
Australian Curriculum: EALD Students
Word knowledge
–Understanding learning area
vocabulary
–Spelling
Language and Literacy Levels across the
Australian Curriculum: EALD Students
• Indicators with examples for each
year level
• e.g. Level 6 Sentence structure
• Composes compound sentences
formed by a range of coordinating
(linking) conjunctions: and, and
then, but, or, so: A square is like a
diamond but it …; I wanted to go in
so I …
Language and Literacy Levels across the
Australian Curriculum: EALD Students
• Language and Literacy Levels is posted on the
EALD Program website
• www.decd.sa.gov.au/literacy/pages/esl/scope/
• Online support materials (e.g. Moderated
Evidence, Recording and Tracking Resource
and professional learning modules) can be
accessed by teachers at any time
• Face to face professional learning including
train the trainer sessions are delivered by the
EALD Program
HOW LEADERS CAN SUPPORT THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEVELS
• Include targets about Levels progress in Site Literacy
Plan
• Provide release for teachers to be trained in assigning
Levels
• Participate in such professional learning
• Provide release for teachers to assign Levels and to
participate in internal moderation
• Use EDSAS Levels History Report to monitor student
progress
• Use EALD funding to provide intervention for EALD
students based upon their level of need as indicated by
their Levels
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• Questions/comments
will not be published. They are available as a
consultation draft from the Lit Sec website.
Support materials and professional learning are
available from the beginning of 2013.