LEVEL: Stage 2
SACE Credits: 20 credits
LENGTH: Full Year
Students who complete this subject with a C– grade or better will meet the literacy requirement of the SACE.
Recommended background: Stage1 English as an Additional Language – EAL
Stage 2 Essential English is intended for students for whom English is an additional language or dialect (EAL). These students have had different experiences in English and one or more other languages.
Content:
In this subject, students further develop their understanding and proficiency in the use of the English language as they build on the skills they have in their first language. They respond to and create texts for, a range of personal, social, cultural, community, and/or workplace contexts. Students understand and interpret information, ideas, and perspectives in texts and consider ways in which language choices are used to create meaning.
Students consider the functions of language in their chosen context and the ways in which language is used to support interaction.
Evidence of Learning
Students provide evidence of their learning through seven assessments, including the external assessment component. Students complete:
- three assessments for responding to texts
- three assessments for creating texts
- one language report.
Assessment:
Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A+ to E- will be used for reporting purposes.
School Based Assessment 70%
Assessment Type 1: Responding to Texts (30%)
Students produce three responses to texts. At least one of the responses must be produced in written form, and at least one response in oral or multimodal form.
Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts (40%)
Students create written, oral, and multimodal texts for procedural, imaginative, analytical, persuasive, and/or interpretive purposes.
Students create:
- one advocacy text that advocates for an issue, cause, or process relevant to a context.
- two additional texts which are different from each other and from the advocacy text in purpose, audience, and/or context.
External Assessment 30%
Assessment Type 3: Language Report (30%)
For this assessment type, students complete an independent language report. The focus of study is an understanding of the use of spoken, non-verbal, visual, and/or written language by people in a chosen local, national, or international context. The language report is presented in two parts – (1) an outline of the language resources, and (2) an analysis of the findings of the study.