- structures and sequences ideas and information

 - uses a range of strategies to maintain communication

 - reflects upon significant aspects of language and culture

 - exchanges and justifies opinions and ideas on known topics

 - reflects on aspects of past, present and future experience

 - applies knowledge of language structures to create original text

 - conveys information appropriate to context, purpose and audience

 - identifies values, attitudes and beliefs of cultural significance

 - recognizes and employs language appropriate to different social contexts

 - describes, narrates and reflects on real or imaginary experience in the past, present or future

 - identifies and conveys the gist, main points, supporting points and detailed items of specific information

 - recognizes, analyses and evaluates the effectiveness of a variety of feature in texts

 - infers points of view, values, attitudes and emotions from features of language in texts

 - conveys information, opinions and ideas appropriate to context, purpose and audience

 - compares and contrasts aspects of texts

 - exchange and justifies opinions and ideas

 - responds to texts personally and critically

 - sequences and structures information and ideas

 - uses a variety of features to convey meaning

 - summaries and interprets information and ideas

 - examines and discusses sociocultural elements in texts

 - explains the influence of context in conveying meaning

 - compares and contrasts Australian and Chinese communities

 - produces texts appropriate to context, purpose and audience

 - produces texts which are persuasive, creative and discursive

 - identifies main points and detailed items of specific information

 - uses appropriate features of language in a variety of contexts

 - presents information in a different from and/or for a different audience

 - recognizes and employs language appropriate to different sociocultural contexts