VU23534 - Participate in simple conversations and transactions for employment

Unit code:VU23534Study 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 use speaking and listening skills to participate in simple conversations and transactions which are routine and relevant to the employment context.
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 in Oral Communication at Level 2, and
the ISLPR (International Second Language Proficiency Ratings) descriptors for Speaking and Listening. They contribute directly to the achievement of ISLPR Speaking 2 and Listening 2.This unit applies to EAL learners developing speaking and listening skills in English to satisfy social and transactional needs for communication in employment-related contexts. These skills may apply to preparation for employment and a range of job roles and industry areas and may involve some specialised or technical language.

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:

participate in two simple conversations appropriate to a workplace with one or more people, one casual and one formal
follow a set of simple instructions or directions to perform a simple workplace task
give a set of simple instructions or directions for a workplace task.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

vocabulary to talk about familiar issues including adjectives, adverbs and some adverbial phrases
simple and compound sentence structures
forms of questioning, including seeking clarification in conversations
simple high frequency verb tenses and forms
modals or modal forms, such as should, would, could, might, need to
common phrasal verbs, such as Can you finish this before you go home?
appropriate use of conjunctions, such as when, but, if, although, so, When I left school, I got a job here.
discourse markers or cohesive devices, such as first, then, by the way, anyway, so, after that
prepositions or prepositional phrases, such as on the weekend, at the end of Ramadan
paralinguistic features of conversations or transactions to support understanding and communication
pausing, stress and intonation to support understanding and communication.
Sociolinguistic and Cultural Knowledge:
politeness conventions in conversation.

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.