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Understand that some language in written texts is unlike everyday spoken language (ACELA1431)

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  • learning that written text in Standard Australian English has conventions about words, spaces between words, layout on the page and consistent spelling because it has to communicate when the speaker/writer is not present
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
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Text types,  Spoken texts,  Register (Language)

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