Precluded combinations with current MHS SACE subjects: English Literary Studies, Essential English and English
Other Advice:
Students must be from a non-English speaking background. This includes immigrants (recently arrived or long-term residents) and students born in Australia. For more information on eligibility, please refer to the Eligibility for Enrolment Guidelines.
Course Outline:
Stage 2 English as an Additional Language will be taught for the first time in 2017.
English as an Additional Language is designed for students for whom English is a second language or an additional language or dialect. These students have had different experiences in English and one or more other languages. Students who study this subject come from diverse personal, educational, and cultural backgrounds.
Students who complete this subject with a C– grade or better will meet the literacy requirement of the SACE.
Topics Covered:
Students will read, view, write, listen to and talk about a variety of texts and issues. Students will acquire a range of strategies that will enable them to become independent learners with the ability to find and evaluate information from spoken, printed and electronic sources and to appraise their own work critically. Students will be given the opportunity to use information and communication technologies to facilitate and enhance the presentation of their work.
Assessment:
School Assessment (70%)
• Assessment Type 1: Academic Literacy Study (30%)
• Assessment Type 2: Responses to Texts (40%)
External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination (30%).
Students provide evidence of their learning through seven assessments, including the external assessment component.
Students complete:
• two tasks for the academic literacy study (one oral and one written)
• four tasks for the responses to texts (at least one oral and two written)
• one examination.
Length of course: Full year
Credit points and TAS Status: 20 Credit TAS
Recommended Background: Satisfactory Achievement in Stage 1 English as an Additional Language A (S1) and
Stage 1 English as an Additional Language B (S2).
Precluded combinations with current MHS SACE subjects:
English Literary Studies, Essential English and English
Other Advice:
Students must be from a non-English speaking background. This includes immigrants (recently arrived or long-term residents) and students born in Australia. For more information on eligibility, please refer to the Eligibility for Enrolment Guidelines.
Course Outline:
Stage 2 English as an Additional Language will be taught for the first time in 2017.
English as an Additional Language is designed for students for whom English is a second language or an additional language or dialect. These students have had different experiences in English and one or more other languages. Students who study this subject come from diverse personal, educational, and cultural backgrounds.
Students who complete this subject with a C– grade or better will meet the literacy requirement of the SACE.
Topics Covered:
Students will read, view, write, listen to and talk about a variety of texts and issues. Students will acquire a range of strategies that will enable them to become independent learners with the ability to find and evaluate information from spoken, printed and electronic sources and to appraise their own work critically. Students will be given the opportunity to use information and communication technologies to facilitate and enhance the presentation of their work.
Assessment:
School Assessment (70%)
• Assessment Type 1: Academic Literacy Study (30%)
• Assessment Type 2: Responses to Texts (40%)
External Assessment (30%) • Assessment Type 3: Examination (30%).
Students provide evidence of their learning through seven assessments, including the external assessment component.
Students complete:
• two tasks for the academic literacy study (one oral and one written)
• four tasks for the responses to texts (at least one oral and two written)
• one examination.
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