VU23489 - Recognise letters of the alphabet and their sounds in extremely familiar words
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+.
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.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the VU Polytechnic and/or via the Victoria University Polytechnic e-Learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):