Level 5 Sample 1 Speaking and listening

Task Summary

The students viewed the short film Alike by Daniel Martínez Lara and Rafa Cano Méndez. The students were then led through a discussion based on the themes presented in the short film and were asked how the filmmakers were able to convey meaning.

Duration: 10 minutes 56 seconds

Level 5 Sample 1 transcript

Level 5 Speaking and Listening achievement standard (extract only)

This speaking and listening sample provides evidence of student achievement for:

Students … use language features to show how ideas can be extended. They develop and explain a point of view about a text selecting information, ideas and images from a range of resources … contribute actively to class and group discussions, taking into account other perspectives

For more information, please see: Victorian Curriculum F–10: English – Level 5 – Speaking and Listening

Video with annotations against achievement standard extracts for Speaking and Listening

Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds

Level 5 sample 1A transcript

The students:
Speak on a range of real or imagined topics that include ideas or concepts from learning areas (happiness, being your own person).
Interact to critically evaluate ideas and refine meaning (the concept of colour bringing life, a smiley face emoji is yellow and bright).
Initiate interactions confidently in a group.
Organise more complex ideas or concepts logically, selecting details to accentuate points (discussion of the title, colour).

Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds

Level 5 sample 1B transcript (docx - 50.66kb)

The students:
Identify and articulate a point of view of a speaker (the use of sound and body language to provide meaning).
Respond to moderately complex text and sophisticated texts.
Vary vocabulary to describe with greater precision (slumped shoulders, beaming face).

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 5

Understand how to move beyond making bare assertions and take account of differing perspectives and points of view (VCELA335)
Understand that patterns of language interaction vary across social contexts and types of texts and that they help to signal social roles and relationships (VCELA334)
Participate in informal debates and plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements (VCELY338)

Level 6

Understand the uses of objective and subjective language and bias (VCELA364)
Participate in and contribute to discussions, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions, and use interaction skills, varying conventions of spoken interactions according to group size, formality of interaction and needs and expertise of the audience (VCELY366)
Understand that strategies for interaction become more complex and demanding as levels of formality and social distance increase (VCELA363)

Remember to attend to the Reading and Viewing learning needs of the students. For example, focus on the following skills and knowledge:
Level 5

Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses (VCELT315)
Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes (VCELT316)