Stage 1 English as an Additional Language (EAL)

English as an Additional Language is a 10-credit subject or a 20-credit subject at Stage 1, and a 20-credit subject at Stage 2.

English as an Additional Language is designed for students for whom English is a second language. 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.

Eligibility for Enrolment

English as an Additional Language in the SACE is designed for students who speak English as a second language, and whose English language proficiency is restricted.

All students who want to enrol in an English as an Additional Language subject, will be required to apply to the SACE Board for eligibility.

Learning Scope and Requirements

The learning requirements summarise the knowledge, skills, and understanding that students are expected to develop and demonstrate through their learning in Stage 1 English as an Additional Language.

In this subject, students are expected to:

· Exchange information, opinions, and experiences through writing and speaking in a range of situations and contexts

· Comprehend and interpret information, ideas, and opinions presented in texts

· Analyse and reflect on personal, social, and cultural perspectives in a range of texts

· Understand and analyse how language features are used to communicate for different purposes

· Create oral, written, and multimodal texts using a range of language skills appropriate to purpose, audience, and context.

Content

This subject focuses on development and use of skills and strategies in communication, comprehension, language and text analysis, and creating texts.

Through studying a variety of oral, written, and multimodal texts, including literary texts, students develop an understanding of text structures and language features. Students explore the relationship between these structures and features and the context, purpose, and audience of texts. Information, ideas, and opinions in texts are identified and interpreted.

Students develop confidence in creating texts for different purposes in both real and implied contexts. Students broaden their understanding of the socio-cultural and sociolinguistic elements of English.

They develop skills for research and academic study.

Assessment

The following assessment types enable students to demonstrate their learning in Stage 1 English as an Additional Language.

School Assessment:

Assessment Type 1: Responding to Texts (50%)

Assessment Type 2: Interactive Study (25%)

Assessment Type 3: Language Study (25%)