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English / Year 8 / Literacy / Interacting with others

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Curriculum content descriptions

Use interaction skills for identified purposes, using voice and language conventions to suit different situations, selecting vocabulary, modulating voice and using elements such as music, images and sound for specific effects (ACELY1808)

Elaborations

participating in pair, group, class, school and community speaking and listening situations, including informal conversations, discussions, debates and presentations
using effective strategies for dialogue and discussion in range of formal and informal contexts, including speaking clearly and coherently and at appropriate length, asking questions about stated and implied ideas, and restating and summarising main ideas
choosing vocabulary and spoken text and sentence structures for particular purposes and audiences, such as debating a topic with a team from another school, creating a voiceover for a media presentation, and adapting language choices such as use of similes, metaphors and personification, to meet perceived audience needs
selecting voice effects, such as tone, volume, pitch and pace, with particular attention to the effects these may have on audience reaction and acceptance of the ideas presented

General capabilities

Literacy
Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability

ScOT terms

Oral presentations, Speaking, Nonverbal communication

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