What students learn in AC9E7LY02
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of Interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information including.... The goal is not to memorise one answer pattern. Students should be able to explain the idea, recognise it in a new example and apply it in a short practice or worksheet task.
- Start with the main idea: use interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information including evaluations of the features of spoken texts.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- participating in pair, group, class, school and/or community speaking and listening situations, including informal conversations, discussions, debates and presentations using effective strategies for dialogue and discussion in a range of formal and informal contexts, including speaking clearly and coherently and for an appropriate length, clarifying and rephrasing comments of others
- Finish with mixed questions so students must choose the correct strategy rather than copy the last example.
Curriculum coverage and elaborations
The content description and elaborations below show the curriculum ideas taught in this unit. Items marked as teaching context support lesson planning but may not appear in the initial eight-question activity.
- Content description: use interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information including evaluations of the features of spoken texts
- E1: participating in pair, group, class, school and/or community speaking and listening situations, including informal conversations, discussions, debates and presentations
- E2: using effective strategies for dialogue and discussion in a range of formal and informal contexts, including speaking clearly and coherently and for an appropriate length, clarifying and rephrasing comments of others
- E3: identifying key evidence supporting an argument in a discussion between 2 speakers
- E4: choosing vocabulary and sentence structures for purposes and audiences, adapting language choices to meet the perceived audience needs
- E5: ensuring that ways of communicating for particular audiences are acknowledged
How to use this unit
Read the topic guide, use the teacher slide for instruction, then complete the Worksheet, Practice and Test. These three activities use the same eight-question unit bank.
Teacher resource
AC9E7LY02 teacher slide
Use this one-page PDF to introduce the key idea, vocabulary and teaching sequence before students begin the activities.
Open teacher slide (PDF)Common mistakes to watch for
- Answering from memory without using clues from the text, sentence or image.
- Knowing the idea orally but not transferring it into reading, writing or speaking.
- Missing punctuation, word order or vocabulary clues that change meaning.
International curriculum mapping
This table gives closest-topic mapping for search and planning. The Australian Curriculum code is exact; overseas entries are broad equivalents because each jurisdiction structures outcomes differently.
| Region | Curriculum | Closest mapping |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australian Curriculum v9.0 | AC9E7LY02 — use interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information including evaluations of the features of spoken texts |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 7 English: closest match in Interacting with others. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 4 English: closest content focus for Interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information including... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 7 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for Interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information including.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 3 / Year 7: closest programme-of-study match for Interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information including.... |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 7 closest topic match. Canada varies by province, so use this as a broad Ontario/BC-style learning outcome reference. |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Curriculum | Level 4 English: closest achievement-objective topic for Interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information including.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 7 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for Interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information including.... |