English as an Additional Language
English as an Additional Language
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Years 7 and 8
Duration Full year
This subject specifically caters for the needs of students who come from a non-English speaking background and whose first language is not English. It recognises that EAL students are learning a new language at the same time as they are learning new conceptual and cultural knowledge and skills across the curriculum. In this subject EAL learners are given specific support by their EAL teachers to build the English language skills that are required for effective communication in their learning to achieve success across the curriculum. Classes are small to enable intensive, highly differentiated lessons, so that each student’s learning is personalised. Eligible Year 7 EAL students are placed in this class at the start of the year, based on the recommendations of their primary school teacher, enrolment information, and diagnostic testing.
Goals
To develop students’ understanding of how Standard Australian English (SAE) works in its spoken and written forms in a range of spoken, written, visual and multimodal contexts.
To develop students’ knowledge and understanding of the linguistic structures and features of English, including parts of speech, tenses and common language structures in order to improve language skills.
To develop students’ communicative skills, including reading, speaking and listening, as well as cultural understandings in English and their other languages, to enable their full participation in Australian society.
To develop students’ plurilingual awareness of the ways they use their own language(s) to help them learn English.
To develop students’ collaborative, and independent learning skills as well as ‘learning how-to-learn’ skills.
To develop students’ confidence to express opinions and actively participate in the classroom.
To develop students’ critical and creative thinking skills.
Year 7 English as an Additional Language
Reading and viewing: myths and legends from different cultures, non-fiction texts, films, novels
Speaking: oral skills explicitly taught through oral presentations and debates
Listening: through practising specific skills for effective listening in different contexts, including interviews, comprehension of film clips and listening tests.
Writing: note taking, biographies, creative writing and responses to texts.
Language skills: vocabulary building, specific areas of grammar, sentence structures, spelling and vocabulary taught in context of the units covered
Year 8 English as an Additional Language
Reading and viewing: novels, short stories, films
Speaking: oral skills built upon through oral presentations and debates.
Listening: through practising specific skills for effective listening in different contexts, including interviews, comprehension of film clips and listening texts
Writing: note-taking, narratives, persuasive writing, informative writing and responses to texts
Language skills: vocabulary building, specific areas of grammar, sentence structures, spelling and vocabulary taught in context of the units covered
Teaching Approaches:
Wide-ranging speaking, listening, reading and writing activities in groups or individually.
Conferencing with other students and the teacher.
ICT based activities, such as grammar and vocabulary quizzes and word games.
Assessment Methods:
Students will be assessed both informally in their learning as well as formally through a number of Common Assessment Tasks.
EAL students will also be formally assessed on their progress in Reading and Viewing, Speaking and Listening and Writing in accordance with the the Victorian English as an Additional Language Curriculum.
Contact teacher: Ms Eva Turewicz
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