English / Year 4 / Literacy / Interacting with others

Curriculum content descriptions

Interpret ideas and information in spoken texts and listen for key points in order to carry out tasks and use information to share and extend ideas and information (ACELY1687)

Elaborations
  • making notes about a task, asking questions to clarify or follow up information, and seeking assistance if required
  • discussing levels of language — slang, colloquial (everyday) and formal language — and how their appropriateness changes with the situation and audience. Presenting ideas and opinions at levels of formality appropriate to the context and audience
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Spoken texts,  Themes (Texts)

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