VC2E4LA01
Parents start here
Your child is learning to tell formal, polite language from casual language.
- Identify whether a spoken or written example uses formal or informal language (e.g., 'Dear Sir' vs 'Hey mate')
- Rewrite an informal sentence in a more formal way (e.g., change 'Can I have some?' to 'May I please have some?')
One skill from the map, ages 7–10 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
A Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 content description in English, Level 4. The description text is © VCAA and not reproduced here — read the official wording at the VCAA site.
Official source: Victorian Curriculum F–10 V2.0 — English ↗ · content © VCAA (CC-BY-NC) · codes shown as reference labels only
Closest Australian Curriculum v9 codes
The national codes this Victorian code most closely corresponds to — ✓ marks codes where Victoria kept the national numbering; all correspondences are machine-suggested candidates, unreviewed (v0.1).
explore language used to develop relationships in formal and informal situations
understand that language is selected for social contexts and that it helps to signal social roles and relationships
understand that cooperation with others depends on shared understanding of social conventions, including turn-taking language, which vary according to the degree of formality
Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.
Nearby in the Language strand (Level 4):
VC2E4LA02VC2E4LA03VC2E4LA04VC2E4LA05VC2E4LA06VC2E4LA07VC2E4LA08VC2E4LA09
Teaching this? Learning Map for teachers has the sequencing view and copy-paste words to send home.