VU23521 - Read and write simple transactional texts

Unit code: VU23521 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours
80
Location
Footscray Nicholson
St Albans
Sunshine
Werribee
Prerequisites
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required by EAL learners to read and write simple digital and/or paperbased transactional texts directly related to everyday routine social needs.
The outcomes described in this unit relate to:

  • the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). They contribute directly to the achievement of ACSF indicators of competence for Reading and Writing at Level 2, and
  • the ISLPR (International Second Language Proficiency Ratings) descriptors for Reading and Writing. They contribute directly to the achievement of ISLPR Reading 2 and Writing 2.This unit applies to participants wishing to develop reading and writing skills to satisfy personal communication requirements and routine needs as a consumer of goods or services in familiar recreation, community, school/college, and work contexts.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work-based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

  • read and interpret two simple transactional texts including o identifying specific detail of each text
  • demonstrating understanding of conventions of each text
  • plan, produce and review two simple transactional texts, using appropriate language and layout conventions in a series of short sentences.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • vocabulary and expressions for everyday topics related to personal interests, community or simple familiar transactions
  • sentence structures for simple or compound sentences
  • simple adjectives, adverbs or adverbial phrases, such as as soon as possible
  • simple prepositions or prepositional phrases
  • simple common high frequency tenses or aspect forms to describe simple present, simple past or simple future, or verbs + ing, such as I am waiting for news
  • simple modals or modal forms, such as should, would, could, might, need to
  • simple connectives, such as when, but, if, although, so, for example,
    When we finish lunch we will watch a movie
  • simple high frequency discourse markers or cohesive devices.
    Sociolinguistic and Cultural Knowledge:
  • simple high frequency idiomatic expressions if appropriate to context
  • some understanding of register in communications
  • some awareness of tone, intention and attitude of writer.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate II in EAL (Access)
22639VIC | Certificate ii | Duration:

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