VU23501 - Participate in short simple exchanges

Unit code:VU23501Study level:TAFE

Nominal hours

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

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required by EAL learners to participate in short, simple conversations which involve the exchange of personal information, and make and respond to simple requests and inquiries directly related to immediate personal and 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 Oral Communication at Level 1, and
the ISLPR (International Second Language Proficiency Ratings) descriptors for Speaking and Listening. They contribute to the achievement of Speaking 1+ and Listening 1+.This unit applies to learners wishing to develop speaking and listening skills in English to satisfy immediate personal needs in conversations and transactions in familiar and mostly predictable contexts, such as socialising/community events, shopping, commuting, health, school/college.

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:

use and respond to simple spoken English on familiar topics in one short, simple face-to-face conversation with one other person including:

initiating and concluding the conversation
giving short, simple explanations, responding to and making inquiries
using strategies to get the interlocutor to repeat or explain words and phrases

use and respond to simple spoken English in simple requests for goods and services beyond basic needs in a short, simple face-to-face transaction with one other person including:

initiating and concluding the transaction
giving short, simple explanations, responding to and making requests
using strategies to get the interlocutor to repeat or explain words and phrases.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

a limited number of simple words, phrases and expressions related to immediate needs in familiar transactions and social situations
simple, every day adjectives to provide simple explanations or make simple requests
simple time and place words such as last year, every day, before, after, here, there.
simple high frequency connectives to give simple explanations or connect ideas
simple discourse markers, such as next, then, after
common high frequency verb tense forms such as simple present, simple past
simple future verb tense forms such as will or going to verbs to describe routines such as, I will study English, I am going to class
simple questions and statements
simple frequently used modifying words and phrases
simple phrasal verbs
simple paralinguistic features to convey information such as intonation of questions, statements or commands.
Sociolinguistic and Cultural Knowledge:
common polite expressions
limited common colloquialisms, such as, no worries, see ya!

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.