Literacy+&+VELS

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__**Stucture of Domain**__
The English domain is organised into six sections. Each section is represented by Level 1 to Level 6. Each level includes a learning focus statement and a set of standards organised by dimension.

__**Learning Focus**__
A learning focus is designed for each level of VELS. The focus explains what children need to focus on if they are to progress in the domian of English. The learning focus helps children achieve the standards that are set by the level that they apply to. It is also a guide for teachers as they can plan appropriate and relevant teaching and learning activities.

__**Standards**__
Standards define what students should know and be able to do at different levels and are written for each dimension.

__**Dimensions**__
Standards in the English domain are organised in three dimensions:
 * //Reading//
 * //Writing//
 * //Speaking and listening.//

__**Reading**__
The //Reading// dimension involves students understanding, interpreting, critically analysing, reflecting upon, and enjoying written and visual, print and non-print texts. It encompasses reading and viewing a wide range of texts and media, including literary texts such as novels, short stories, poetry and plays as well as popular fiction and non-fiction works, newspapers and magazines, illustrations, posters and charts, film and television and the texts associated with information and communications technology. Reading involves active engagement with texts and the development of knowledge about the relationship between them and the contexts in which they are created. It also involves the development of knowledge about a range of [|strategies for reading].

__**Writing**__
The //Writing// dimension involves students in the active process of conceiving, planning, composing, editing and publishing a range of texts including writing for print and electronic media and performance. Writing involves using appropriate language for particular purposes or occasions, both formal and informal, to express and represent ideas, issues, arguments, events, experience, character, emotion and information and to reflect on such ideas. It involves the development of knowledge about [|strategies for writing] and the conventions of Standard Australian English. Students develop a metalanguage to discuss language conventions and use.

__**Speaking and listening**__
This dimension refers to the various formal and informal ways oral language is used to convey and receive meaning. It involves the development and demonstration of knowledge about the appropriate oral language for particular audiences and occasions, including body language and voice. It also involves the development of active-listening strategies and an understanding of the conventions of different spoken texts including everyday communication, group discussion, formal presentations and speeches, storytelling and negotiating.

[|English booklet- Domain, Learning Focus, Standards and Dimensions]
(Information gathered from the Victorian Essential Learning Standard website)