English Speaking & Listeningusually ages 4–6

Expressing & Justifying Opinions

Articulate and justify answers, arguments, and opinions; participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, and debates

How to tell they’ve got it

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State an opinion and give a reason (e.g. 'I think ... because ...')
Participate in a class presentation or performance with confidence
Explain thinking when answering a question rather than just giving a one-word answer

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When your child disagrees with something or has an opinion, can they say why they think that and back it up with a reason rather than just saying "because I just do"?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

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Expressing & Justifying Opinionsthis skill · ages 4–6

Unlocks

Engaging Listeners and Valuing Viewpointsages 7–8Engaging listeners requires ability to articulate opinions

Describing Aloudages 4–8Oral expression skills support understanding formality in speech

Reciting Poetryages 6–10Articulating opinions supports presentation skills

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9E1LA03low confidenceYear 1 · Language

explore how texts are organised according to their purpose, such as to recount, narrate, express opinion, inform, report and explain

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ENE-UARL-01low confidenceEnglish K-10 · Early Stage 1

EN1-UARL-01low confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E2LY01low confidenceEnglish · Level 2 · Literacy strand

VC2E1LY01low confidenceEnglish · Level 1 · Literacy strand

VC2EFLY12low confidenceEnglish · Foundation · 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

Asking Questionsages 4–11 Describing Aloudages 4–8 Exploring Ideas Through Talkages 4–6 Group discussionsages 4–11

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