Science inquiry skills Hypothesising and predicting in Provide clear models of conditional English require conditional language sentences for EAL/D students to With guidance, pose questions to structures that will be difficult for follow, (for example, I think will clarify practical problems or inform a …, …, EAL/D students, as they require the if scientific investigation, and predict …). use of multiple verb structures and what the findings of an investigation Teach the differences in degrees of tenses (for example, I think the might be (ACSIS231) certainty achieved by the use of a chocolate will melt if we put it in the variety of modal words. sun). These structures are challenging for EAL/D students to reproduce in both written and oral language. The verbs in English (for example, will, may, might, should, could) modify the certainty of verbs and are mastered late in the language progression of EAL/D students. Many languages have no modality. Students from these backgrounds will need to be taught how a degree of certainty can create nuance or indicate deference. Modality is also marked through adverbs (for example, possibly, certainly, probably). Science inquiry skills English questions are formed in Carefully monitor the language of many ways and can be challenging EAL/D students when they pose With guidance, plan appropriate for many EAL/D students. They can questions, and explicitly teach investigation methods to answer be formed by changing word English question forms by providing questions or solve problems (for example, Is it cold?), or by using models of the structure of questions (ACSIS086) question words (for example, Does it required for the chosen activity. feel cold? How cold does it feel?). NB: the verb does not take the ‘feel’ third person in the question, but it ‘s’ does in the answer (i.e. It feels cold). Science inquiry skills EAL/D students may not have the Always provide clear guidelines and English language skills, nor the check for previous understandings. Decide which variable should be long-term cumulative exposure to changed and measured in fair tests the WESTERN AUSTRALIAN and accurately observe, measure and CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT record data, using digital OUTLINE, and so will not necessarily technologies as appropriate be familiar with tools and units of (ACSIS087) measurement.
Science inquiry skills With guidance, pose questions to clarify practical problems or inform a scientific investigation, and predict what the findings of an investigation might be (ACSIS231) Hypothesising and predicting in English require conditional language structures that will be difficult for EAL/D students, as they require the use of multiple verb structures and tenses (for example, I think the chocolate will melt if we put it in the sun). These structures are challenging for EAL/D students to reproduce in both written and oral language. The verbs in English (for example, will, may, might, should, could) modify the certainty of verbs and are mastered late in the language progression of EAL/D students. Many languages have no modality. Students from these backgrounds will need to be taught how a degree of certainty can create nuance or indicate deference. Modality is also marked through adverbs (for example, possibly, certainly, probably). Provide clear models of conditional sentences for EAL/D students to follow, (for example, I think …, will …, if …). Teach the differences in degrees of certainty achieved by the use of a variety of modal words. Science inquiry skills With guidance, plan appropriate investigation methods to answer questions or solve problems (ACSIS086) English questions are formed in many ways and can be challenging for many EAL/D students. They can be formed by changing word (for example, Is it cold?), or by using question words (for example, Does it feel cold? How cold does it feel?). NB: the verb ‘feel’ does not take the third person ‘s’ in the question, but it does in the answer (i.e. It feels cold). Carefully monitor the language of EAL/D students when they pose questions, and explicitly teach English question forms by providing models of the structure of questions required for the chosen activity. Science inquiry skills Decide which variable should be changed and measured in fair tests and accurately observe, measure and record data, using digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS087) EAL/D students may not have the English language skills, nor the long-term cumulative exposure to the WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT OUTLINE, and so will not necessarily be familiar with tools and units of measurement. Always provide clear guidelines and check for previous understandings.
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