CORE: EAL - English as an Additional Language

What is the subject about

The Year 10EAL course aims to build students’ understanding of how spoken and written Standard Australian English (SAE) is used to communicate effectively in a variety of contexts and for a range of purposes. Through the EAL-informed approach to differentiation in teaching, students are supported by an EAL teacher to develop and extend the ability to listen, speak, read and write for everyday and academic purposes.

Course ideas:

• Semester 1 - creating and crafting texts   - reading and creating texts 
• Semester 2 - presenting argument    - analysing argument 

Skills you will develop

• reading and engaging with a text for meaning
• recognising and using vocabulary, text structures, language features and ideas appropriate to the purpose of a text  
• develop and employ writing processes
• applying appropriate conventions of language, including spelling, vocabulary, syntax and forms, for a range of academic purposes
• identifying and discussing the language, structures, features, conventions and information used in media texts to construct points of view and position audiences 
• identifying and using common characteristics of verbal and paralinguistic features of SAE 

Assessment 

• student-created texts 
• oral discussions
• oral presentations 

Pathways

The study aims to prepare students for their study of VCE Units 1-4 English/ EAL, as well as their further English-language education, tertiary or vocational education, and future employment. 

Prerequisites 

No prerequisites required. 

If you are interested in this subject please see Ms Helen Chan