English as an Additional Language or Dialect
English as an Additional Language or Dialect learning area contacts:
- Louise Dodman : +61 8 92736785 | Louise.Dodman@scsa.wa.edu.au
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Eligibility
English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) eligibility process for Year 12 enrolment
Year 12 ATAR EAL/D students
A Year 12 student can only enrol into the ATAR EAL/D course with eligibility approval by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority). For a student to gain approval to enrol, the appropriate eligibility application must be completed and submitted to the Authority, along with the required supporting documentation, by the published date. A student’s EAL/D eligibility status is determined by the Authority on a case-by-case basis.
While eligibility for EAL/D is only required for students enrolling in the Year 12 ATAR course, schools are advised to collect documentation supporting EAL/D eligibility applications at the time of initial student enrolment in the school. Schools may submit students’ EAL/D eligibility applications from the time that students are in Year 10 if they wish to determine the appropriate pathway for their students.
Any student who has not had their EAL/D eligibility finalised by the time of the Year 12 enrolment deadline, as published in the Activities Schedule for that year, will not be able to enrol in the Year 12 ATAR EAL/D course for that year.
Year 12 General and Foundation EAL/D students
A Year 12 student can enrol into General and Foundation EAL/D courses with eligibility approval by the school principal. For a student to be approved, the school must complete and file the required documentation and supporting evidence. Schools must be prepared to submit this documentation and evidence when required by the Authority.
Extra time for the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (OLNA) for EAL/D students
The Authority allocates an extra 10 minutes to the completion time of the OLNA for EAL/D students.
ATAR EAL/D students
Students who are registered as eligible to be enrolled in the Year 12 ATAR EAL/D course will automatically be granted an extra ten minutes to complete the reading, writing and numeracy components of the OLNA.
Year 12 General and Foundation EAL/D students
Where an EAL/D student is identified in a school, the principal must complete and file the required documentation and supporting evidence. Schools must be prepared to submit this documentation and evidence when required by the Authority. The notification of the EAL/D status of students to the Authority for the allocation of the extra 10 minutes needs to be entered by the principal through the OLNA dashboard under the EAL/D tab.
The time adjustment will be applied to all OLNA tests completed by the student in that calendar year, therefore, this process needs to be completed for each EAL/D student every calendar year that the student is sitting the OLNA. Schools must advise the Authority of any student needing the time adjustment by the published date.
Submission dates of eligibility applications for Year 12 ATAR EAL/D course enrolment
Date
Year 12 ATAR EAL/D course enrolment
17 February 2020
Year 12 students in 2020 applying for 2020
15 February 2021
Year 12 students in 2021 applying for 2021
Due date for allocation of time adjustments for EAL/D students in the OLNA dashboard
Date
EAL/D students requiring extra time for the OLNA
14 August 2019
Students applying for the September 2019 round of the OLNA
14 February 2020
Students applying for the March 2020 round of the OLNA
13 August 2020
Students applying for the September 2020 round of the OLNA
Info SheetsForms- Eligibility for enrolment in EAL/D Info sheet (443.2 KB) Last updated: 26 Jun 2019 12:15pm
- Eligibility for enrolment in EAL/D Info sheet (278.3 KB)
- EAL/D Eligibility Notifications in SIRS (333.7 KB) Last updated: 05 Jun 2019 3:32pm
- EAL/D Eligibility Notifications in SIRS (238.0 KB)
- Instructions for entering EALD students into OLNA Dashboard (191.3 KB) Last updated: 18 Jul 2019 6:09am
- Instructions for entering EALD students into OLNA Dashboard (266.9 KB)
- Alignment of EALD Progress Map with Year 11 and 12 WACE courses (33.5 KB) Last updated: 26 Jun 2019 9:15am
- Alignment of EALD Progress Map with Year 11 and 12 WACE courses (45.3 KB)
Support Documents- Form 1 EALD eligibility ATAR Student at school within Australia (471.9 KB) Last updated: 05 Jun 2019 3:35pm
- Form 1 EALD eligibility ATAR Student at school within Australia (343.5 KB)
- Form 2 EALD eligibility ATAR Aboriginal/Torres Strait/Cocos/Christmas Island student (443.0 KB) Last updated: 05 Jun 2019 3:37pm
- Form 2 EALD eligibility ATAR Aboriginal/Torres Strait/Cocos/Christmas Island student (327.0 KB)
- Form 3 EALD eligibility ATAR Student at school outside Australia (449.5 KB) Last updated: 05 Jun 2019 3:39pm
- Form 3 EALD eligibility ATAR Student at school outside Australia (334.5 KB)
- Form 4 EALD eligibility Foundation General courses and OLNA (418.3 KB) Last updated: 13 Jun 2019 2:54pm
- Form 4 EALD eligibility Foundation General courses and OLNA (279.1 KB)
- SAMPLE APPLICATIONS Section 2A Application for permission to enrol in EAL/D (418.5 KB)
- SAMPLE APPLICATIONS Section 2A Application for permission to enrol in EAL/D (536.4 KB) Last updated: 05 Jun 2019 3:47pm
- SCENARIOS Application for permission to enrol in EAL/D (415.0 KB)
- SCENARIOS Application for permission to enrol in EAL/D (459.7 KB) Last updated: 05 Jun 2019 3:49pm
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ATAR
The EAL/D courses are designed for students who speak another language or dialect as their first or ‘home’ language. EAL/D focuses on development of the competent use of Standard Australian English (SAE) in a range of contexts. The EAL/D ATAR course develops academic English skills to prepare students for tertiary study.
SyllabusGrading- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 (382.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:27pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 (340.6 KB)
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 (425.9 KB) Last updated: 21 Mar 2017 11:36am
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 (527.3 KB)
Support Materials-
The grading teacher resources include the grade descriptions and annotated student work samples. The annotated student work samples are currently being developed and will be progressively uploaded.
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Available work samples are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at Extranet login.
Examination Materials- ATAR Suggested Language Teaching Resources EAL/D Year 11 and 12 (222.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:44pm
- ATAR Suggested Language Teaching Resources EAL/D Year 11 and 12 (384.5 KB)
- ATAR Suggested Resources EAL/D Year 11 (392.2 KB)
- ATAR Suggested Resources EAL/D Year 11 (253.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:04pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline (296.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 2:59pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline (375.0 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline (242.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:49pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline (353.6 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (439.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:17pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (420.7 KB)
- ATAR Suggested Resources EAL/D Year 12 (387.5 KB)
- ATAR Suggested Resources EAL/D Year 12 (195.7 KB) Last updated: 23 May 2017 12:07pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline (346.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:02pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline (383.6 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (249.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:32pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (354.2 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (432.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:21pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (429.2 KB)
- 2019 ELD Written Examination Front cover (287.1 KB) Last updated: 28 Aug 2019 3:10pm
- 2019 ELD Practical Oral Preparation Booklet Front cover (271.5 KB) Last updated: 28 Aug 2019 3:10pm
- 2019 Practical requirements for overseas candidates (1.0 MB) Last updated: 21 Mar 2019 12:46pm
- 2019 Practical requirements for WA candidates (1.0 MB) Last updated: 21 Mar 2019 12:46pm
- 2019 Practical (oral) marking key (321.6 KB) Last updated: 21 Mar 2019 12:46pm
- 2018 Examination (585.4 KB) Last updated: 08 Feb 2019 3:39pm
- 2018 Marking key (396.4 KB) Last updated: 08 Feb 2019 3:39pm
- 2018 Practical (oral) examination requirements (WA) (301.2 KB) Last updated: 26 Mar 2018 8:16am
- 2018 Practical (oral) examination requirements (Overseas) (303.5 KB) Last updated: 26 Mar 2018 8:15am
- 2018 Practical marking key (134.9 KB) Last updated: 23 Mar 2018 8:30am
- 2018 Summary examination report for candidates (177.0 KB) Last updated: 18 Mar 2019 3:49pm
- For copyright reasons the 2018 recording transcript and sound recording cannot be reproduced online
- Additional Past ATAR Course Examinations
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General
The EAL/D courses are designed for students who speak another language or dialect as their first or ‘home’ language. EAL/D focuses on development of the competent use of Standard Australian English (SAE) in a range of contexts. The EAL/D General course prepares students for a range of post-secondary destinations in further education, training and the workplace.
SyllabusGrading- General Syllabus Year 11 (374.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:38pm
- General Syllabus Year 11 (333.4 KB)
- General Syllabus Year 11 (for teaching from 2020) (598.4 KB) Last updated: 23 Sep 2019 12:41pm
- General Syllabus Year 11 (for teaching from 2020) (308.1 KB)
- General Syllabus Year 12 (428.0 KB) Last updated: 10 May 2018 10:43am
- General Syllabus Year 12 (309.0 KB)
- General Syllabus Year 12 (for teaching from 2020) (637.8 KB) Last updated: 23 Sep 2019 12:41pm
- General Syllabus Year 12 (for teaching from 2020) (307.8 KB)
Support Materials-
The grading teacher resources include the grade descriptions and annotated student work samples. The annotated student work samples are currently being developed and will be progressively uploaded.
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Available work samples are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at Extranet login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2019- General Year 11 sample course outline (295.4 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:17pm
- General Year 11 sample course outline (372.4 KB)
- General Year 11 sample assessment outline (238.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:20pm
- General Year 11 sample assessment outline (347.2 KB)
- General Year 11 sample assessment tasks (352.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 2:55pm
- General Year 11 sample assessment tasks (393.0 KB)
- General Year 12 sample course outline (329.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:14pm
- General Year 12 sample course outline (374.1 KB)
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline (242.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 2:56pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline (348.5 KB)
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (345.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:18pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (385.6 KB)
Externally Set Task Materials 2018- 2019 General EST Unit 3 content (152.6 KB) Last updated: 20 Sep 2018 9:50am
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2017- 2018 General EST Unit 3 content (147.4 KB) Last updated: 22 Sep 2017 12:05pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2016- 2017 General EST Unit 3 content (166.9 KB)
- 2017 General EST Unit 3 content (153.1 KB) Last updated: 26 Sep 2018 9:47am
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
- General sample EST (413.3 KB)
- General sample EST (309.3 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:29am
- General sample EST marking key (319.4 KB)
- General sample EST marking key (187.3 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:29am
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
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Foundation
The EAL/D Foundation course is designed for students who speak another language or dialect as their first or ‘home’ language and who have not demonstrated the literacy standard in the OLNA. EAL/D focuses on the mechanics of Standard Australian English (SAE) and its use in the community, the workplace or in further education or training. Practical, relevant tasks delivered through a range of engaging contexts teach students to become effective communicators, code switching between languages or dialects successfully.
SyllabusGrading- Foundation syllabus Year 11 (463.6 KB) Last updated: 02 May 2018 11:19am
- Foundation syllabus Year 11 (316.9 KB)
- Foundation Syllabus Year 11 (for teaching from 2020) (662.6 KB) Last updated: 23 Sep 2019 12:43pm
- Foundation Syllabus Year 11 (for teaching from 2020) (316.4 KB)
- Foundation syllabus Year 12 (455.4 KB) Last updated: 02 May 2018 11:26am
- Foundation syllabus Year 12 (320.4 KB)
- Foundation Syllabus Year 12 (for teaching from 2020) (692.2 KB) Last updated: 23 Sep 2019 12:43pm
- Foundation Syllabus Year 12 (for teaching from 2020) (320.0 KB)
Support Materials-
The grading teacher resources include the grade descriptions and annotated student work samples. The annotated student work samples are currently being developed and will be progressively uploaded.
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Available work samples are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at Extranet login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2019- Foundation Year 11 sample course outline (311.8 KB) Last updated: 13 Sep 2017 3:01pm
- Foundation Year 11 sample course outline (381.8 KB)
- Foundation Year 11 sample course outline 2 (317.7 KB) Last updated: 13 Sep 2017 3:05pm
- Foundation Year 11 sample course outline 2 (371.8 KB)
- Foundation Year 11 sample assessment outline (243.5 KB) Last updated: 13 Sep 2017 3:02pm
- Foundation Year 11 sample assessment outline (352.6 KB)
- Foundation Year 11 sample assessment outline 2 (247.7 KB) Last updated: 13 Sep 2017 2:59pm
- Foundation Year 11 sample assessment outline 2 (352.4 KB)
- Foundation Year 11 sample assessment tasks (304.4 KB) Last updated: 13 Sep 2017 3:04pm
- Foundation Year 11 sample assessment tasks (374.9 KB)
- Foundation Year 11 sample assessment tasks 2 (302.5 KB) Last updated: 13 Sep 2017 3:00pm
- Foundation Year 11 sample assessment tasks 2 (365.5 KB)
- Foundation Year 12 sample course outline (377.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:41pm
- Foundation Year 12 sample course outline (394.9 KB)
- Foundation Year 12 sample assessment outline (253.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 2:58pm
- Foundation Year 12 sample assessment outline (359.5 KB)
- Foundation Year 12 sample assessment tasks (299.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:15pm
- Foundation Year 12 sample assessment tasks (375.9 KB)
Externally Set Task Materials 2018- 2019 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (152.3 KB) Last updated: 20 Sep 2018 9:50am
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2017- 2018 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (145.4 KB) Last updated: 21 Sep 2018 11:29am
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.