Level 3 Sample 1 Speaking and listening

Task Summary

The students worked in pairs to develop an interview of a book character. They chose to interview Geronimo Stilton from the Geronimo Stilton series. The students were expected to place themselves as their subject, develop questions and then research their responses. They then each took a role as either the interviewer or the interviewee.

Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds

Level 3 Sample 1 transcript

Level 3 English, Speaking and Listening achievement standard (extract only)

This speaking sample provides evidence of student achievement for:

… listen and respond appropriately using interaction skills … understand how language features are used to link and sequence ideas … create a range of texts for familiar and unfamiliar audiences … contribute actively to class and group discussions … make presentations.

For more information, please see: Victorian Curriculum F–10: English – Level 3 – Speaking and Listening

Video with annotations against achievement standard extracts for Speaking and Listening

Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds

Students:
Plan and deliver a spoken presentation using appropriate structure and language.
Deliver spoken texts for a range of purposes.
Elaborate on ideas using a short sequence of sentences ('It's too cosy to be there'; 'You could understand it because I wear a green suit every day ...').
Incorporate learnt content into spoken text ('onomatopoeia').
Include detail and elaborations to expand ideas (the student gives examples on onomatopoeia: 'ring', 'bang', 'knock knock'.

Planning the next stage of student learning

When planning the next stage of the teaching and learning program to progress these students’ learning, focus on the following skills and knowledge:

Level 3

Examine how evaluative language can be varied to be more or less forceful (VCELA272)
Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs (VCELA273)

Level 4

Understand that social interactions influence the way people engage with ideas and respond to others (VCELA304)
Understand differences between the language of opinion and feeling and the language of factual reporting or recording (VCELA305)
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations incorporating learned content and taking into account the particular audiences and purposes such as informative, persuasive and imaginative, including multimodal elements (VCELY308)

Remember to attend to the Reading and Viewing learning needs of the students. For example, focus on the following skills and knowledge: