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Listen to spoken texts constructed for different purposes, for example to entertain and to persuade, and analyse how language features of these texts position listeners to respond in particular ways (ACELY1740)

Elaborations
  • comparing and evaluating bias or stereotyping and presenting findings in discussions and presentations
  • identifying and commenting on omissions of information in different texts
  • exploring and identifying moral and ethical dimensions of an issue represented in different texts, and how these align or contradict with personal and others’ perspectives
  • understanding the role of intonation, pausing, punctuation and combinations of clause and rhythm in spoken language
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Personal responses,  Spoken texts

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