English Speaking & Listeningusually ages 7–8

Engaging Listeners and Valuing Viewpoints

Gain, maintain and monitor the interest of listeners when speaking; consider and evaluate different viewpoints, attending to and building on others' contributions; begin to select appropriate language for different situations

How to tell they’ve got it

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Use strategies to engage listeners during a presentation (e.g., make eye contact, vary tone and pace, ask the audience a question)
Listen to a peer's viewpoint and respond by agreeing, disagreeing, or extending their idea with a reason (e.g., 'I agree with Priya because… but I also think…')
Choose more formal language for a class presentation and more informal language for a group discussion, explaining the difference

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When your child is talking in a group, do they notice if people are losing interest and adjust how they're speaking — or pick up on what others have said and add to it thoughtfully?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Expressing & Justifying Opinionsages 4–6Engaging listeners requires ability to articulate opinions

Group discussionsages 4–11Conversational skills provide foundation for evaluating viewpoints

Reciting Poetryages 6–10Reciting/presenting skills support engaging an audience

Teaching It Backages 7–8Building on others' contributions in discussion requires being able to articulate your own thinking — the self-explanation habit applied in a social context

Engaging Listeners and Valuing Viewpointsthis skill · ages 7–8

Unlocks

Preparing for and Explaining in Discussionsages 8–11Prepared discussion builds on gaining/maintaining listener interest and evaluating viewpoints

Identifying Reasons Behind a Speaker's Pointsages 9–10Identifying a speaker's reasons and evidence builds on evaluating viewpoints and building on others' contributions in discussion

Giving and Receiving Feedbackages 9–11Giving feedback benefits from evaluating viewpoints and building on contributions

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9E1LY02low confidenceYear 1 · Literacy

use interaction skills including turn-taking, speaking clearly, using active listening behaviours and responding to the contributions of others, and contributing ideas and questions

AC9E3LY02low confidenceYear 3 · Literacy

use interaction skills to contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas

AC9E4LY02low confidenceYear 4 · Literacy

listen for key points and information to carry out tasks and contribute to discussions, acknowledging another opinion, linking a response to the topic, and sharing and extending ideas and information

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

EN2-OLC-01medium confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 2

EN1-OLC-01medium confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E1LY01medium confidenceEnglish · Level 1 · Literacy strand

VC2E4LY01medium confidenceEnglish · Level 4 · Literacy strand

VC2E2LY01medium confidenceEnglish · Level 2 · Literacy strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

Nearby on the map

Preparing for and Explaining in Discussionsages 8–11 Reciting Poetryages 6–10 Reporting & Recountingages 8–11 Identifying Reasons Behind a Speaker's Pointsages 9–10

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