Year 11 Languages Overview

Year 11 elective languages are all full year courses, with scholarships available to participate in international travel opportunities to partnership schools*. The Beginners Language Course is an intensive introduction designed as a two year program for students who wish to begin their study of the language at senior secondary level. Prior experience and successful completion in the selected language is a requirement for the Continuers Course.

*Travel restrictions may apply as per Overseas Travel Policy 

French Beginners / Length: Full Year

Course Content

Students develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and information and communication technologies within prescribed themes and topics: the personal world and the French-speaking communities. There are three themes: relationships, lifestyles and experiences. Students study topics that provide the contexts for a range of assessments such as interacting, creating texts and interpreting texts.

Assessment

Students will complete 10 tasks, each worth 10%, from the following:

• Assessment Type 1: interaction  

• Assessment Type 2: text production  

• Assessment Type 3: text analysis

Additional Details

This is a full year course. Students enrolling in Stage 1 Beginners at Year 11 cannot:

• have studied French in Year 9/10

• have spent more than three months living in a French-speaking country 

• be of French-speaking family background

• SACE credits: 20 (Stage 1 SACE)

French Continuers / Length: Full Year

Course Content

This course is organised around three themes: the individual, the French-speaking communities and the changing world, with a number of set topics and subtopics. Students develop skills to communicate meaningfully with people across cultures, are given opportunities to develop knowledge, awareness and understanding of other languages and cultures in relation to their own, and reflect on their own attitudes, beliefs and values to develop an understanding of how culture and identity are expressed through language.

Assessment

Students will complete 10 tasks, each worth 10%, from the following:

• Assessment Type 1: interaction 

• Assessment Type 2: text production  

• Assessment Type 3: text analysis 

• Assessment Type 4: investigation

Additional Details

• This course is a full year of study and is designed for students who have already undertaken learning of their chosen language from Year 8. 

• Students must have successfully completed Year 10 French.

• SACE credits: 20 (Stage 1 SACE)

German Beginners / Length: Full Year

Course Content

Students develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and information and communication technologies within prescribed themes and topics: the personal world and the German-speaking communities. There are three themes: relationships, lifestyles and experiences. Students study topics that provide the contexts for a range of assessments such as  interacting, creating texts and interpreting texts.

Assessment

Students will complete 10 tasks, each worth 10%, from the following:

• Assessment Type 1: interaction  

• Assessment Type 2: text production  

• Assessment Type 3: text analysis

Additional Details

This is a full year course. Students enrolling in Stage 1 Beginners at Year 11 cannot:

• have studied German in Year 9/10

• have spent more than three months living in a German-speaking country 

• be of German-speaking family background

• SACE credits: 20 (Stage 1 SACE)

German Continuers / Length: Full Year

Course Content

This course is organised around three themes: the individual, the German-speaking communities and the changing world, with a number of set topics and subtopics. Students develop skills to communicate meaningfully with people across cultures, are given opportunities to develop knowledge, awareness and understanding of other languages and cultures in relation to their own, and reflect on their own attitudes, beliefs and values to develop an understanding of how culture and identity are expressed through language.

Assessment

Students will complete 10 tasks, each worth 10%, from the following:

• Assessment Type 1: interaction 

• Assessment Type 2: text production  

• Assessment Type 3: text analysis 

• Assessment Type 4: investigation

Additional Details

• This course is a full year of study and is designed for students who have already undertaken learning of their chosen language from Year 8. 

• Students must have successfully completed Year 10 German.

• SACE credits: 20 (Stage 1 SACE)

Japanese Beginners / Length: Full Year

Course Content

Students develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and information and communication technologies within prescribed themes and topics: the personal world and the Japanese-speaking communities. There are three themes: relationships, lifestyles and experiences. Students study topics that provide the contexts for a range of assessments such as  interacting, creating texts and interpreting texts.

Assessment

Students will complete 10 tasks, each worth 10%, from the following:

• Assessment Type 1: interaction  

• Assessment Type 2: text production  

• Assessment Type 3: text analysis

Additional Details

This is a full year course. Students enrolling in Stage 1 Beginners at Year 11 cannot:

• have studied Japanese in Year 9/10

• have spent more than three months living in Japan 

• be of Japanese-speaking family background

• SACE credits: 20 (Stage 1 SACE)

Japanese Continuers / Length: Full Year

Course Content

This course is organised around three themes: the individual, the Japanese-speaking communities and the changing world, with a number of set topics and subtopics. Students develop skills to communicate meaningfully with people across cultures, are given opportunities to develop knowledge, awareness and understanding of other languages and cultures in relation to their own, and reflect on their own attitudes, beliefs and values to develop an understanding of how culture and identity are expressed through language.

Assessment

Students will complete 10 tasks, each worth 10%, from the following:

• Assessment Type 1: interaction 

• Assessment Type 2: text production  

• Assessment Type 3: text analysis 

• Assessment Type 4: investigation 

Additional Details

• This course is a full year of study and is designed for students who have already undertaken learning of their chosen language from Year 8. 

• Students must have successfully completed Year 10 Japanese.

• SACE credits: 20 (Stage 1 SACE)

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