VU23489 - Recognise letters of the alphabet and their sounds in extremely familiar words

Unit code: VU23489 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
100
Location
Footscray Nicholson
St Albans
Sunshine
Werribee
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required by EAL learners to recognise the letters of the alphabet, both written and spoken. It also identifies the skills and knowledge to recognise and produce the single sounds and common sound combinations in English and their relationships with spelling and in extremely simple words.
The outcomes described in this unit relate to:

  • the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). They partly contribute to the achievement of ACSF indicators for Reading at Pre level 1, and
  • the ISLPR (International Second Language Proficiency Ratings) descriptors for Speaking, Listening and Reading. They partly contribute to the achievement of Speaking 0+, Listening 0+, Reading 0+.
This unit applies to learners from language backgrounds other than English who may be preliterate in their first language and who are at the beginning stages of reading.

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:

  • recognise ten or more letters of the alphabet and say aloud corresponding names and sounds
  • recognise and produce five or more common sound combinations of English and identify corresponding written letter combinations
  • use word identification strategies to recognise letters and some sounds in three or more highly familiar words.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • differences between names and sounds of letters
  • common sounds of the English language
  • basic blended sounds of the English language
  • different letter forms such as upper and lower case
  • orientation of letters
  • a small number of personally relevant, extremely familiar high frequency nouns
  • personally relevant, extremely familiar high frequency function words
  • connections between spoken and written forms of the names and sounds of letters
  • speaking skills to produce common single sounds and sound combinations of English.

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):

Course in Initial EAL
22636VIC | Non-award course | Duration: 6 months

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