English/EAL Electives
English/EAL Electives
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Advance your EAL skills
This unit is aimed at students of EAL with the goal of improving their use of the English language in a fun and engaging way. Students explore various elements of English through the exploration of multiple medias. Classes are small and aim to provide an intensive and personalised English language program which is flexible and based on EAL students’ learning requirements so that they have the maximum opportunity to develop and enhance their English language skills. Students will work collaboratively across a range of tasks. Only students who are recommended by EAL teachers can enrol in this subject.
Skills and Content
Reading and viewing: a variety of texts are studied each semester, including short stories, non-fiction texts and short films.
Listening and speaking: Students practice and deliver oral presentations, participate in class discussions, and complete listening activities.
Writing: Students complete a variety of written tasks designed to develop their skills in writing in different styles. These may include creating a short story, speech writing, poetry and storyboard writing and personal responses to written and visual texts. Particular aspects of grammar and punctuation to improve accuracy in writing will be studied in context.
Teaching Approaches
Teacher directed learning
Collaborative group work
Individual learning tasks
Assessment
Ongoing formative assessment through class work, participation in group activities, class discussions and homework tasks
Students will complete several graded Assessment Tasks
EAL students will also be formally assessed on their progress through Victorian Curriculum in the following areas:
EAL Stages of the Victorian Curriculum in Speaking and Listening, Reading and Viewing, and Writing.
Victorian Curriculum Capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking skills.
Assessment of language skill development will take place in conjunction with the EAL Core teacher.
Contact Teacher: Ms Eva Turewicz
Literacy Support
Year 9 Literacy Support is designed for students who have completed Literacy Support in Year 8 and wish to continue developing literacy skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening as well as communication and collaboration skills.
The purpose of this elective is:
To further develop students’ capacity to use literacy skills through activities designed to improve reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
To provide students with strategies they can use to enhance their ability to read and to write fluently with correct spelling and grammar.
To further develop students’ ability to work independently and collaboratively through the use of explicit instruction, multiple exposures to learning content and worked examples.
To further develop student confidence and capacity to complete a range of learning tasks.
To continue to develop students’ personal and social development including their ability to empathise and communicate emotions.
Subject content/Skill development
Reading, spelling, punctuation, comprehension, understanding texts and grammar skills, essay technique.
Writing skills which support core subjects’ assessment tasks.
Contact Teacher: Ms Carolyn Dunn and Ms Shanelle Andrew
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