VU23491 - Recognise and copy extremely familiar words
Overview
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required by EAL learners to recognise and copy letters and common letter combinations of the alphabet and copy extremely familiar 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 and Writing at Pre level 1, and
- the ISLPR (International Second Language Proficiency Ratings) descriptors for Writing. They partly contribute to the achievement of Reading 0+ and Writing 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 writing.
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 and copy ten or more letters of the alphabet
- copy three or more letter combinations
- copy five or more extremely 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):