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
Applying for eligibility to enrol in the Year 12 ATAR EAL/D course
A Year 12 student can only enrol in the ATAR EAL/D course if they have eligibility approval from the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority). For a student to gain approval to enrol, they must complete an online eligibility application and submit it to the Authority, along with the required supporting documentation, by the deadline published in the Activities Schedule. A student’s EAL/D eligibility status is determined by the Authority on a case-by-case basis.
While approval for EAL/D eligibility is only required for students enrolling in the Year 12 ATAR EAL/D 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 Year 10 if they wish to determine the appropriate pathway for their students.
Any student who has not had their EAL/D eligibility finalised and approved by 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.
Submission dates of eligibility applications for Year 12 ATAR EAL/D course enrolment
Date
Year 12 ATAR EAL/D course enrolment
28 February 2020
Year 12 students in 2020 applying for 2020
26 February 2021
Year 12 students in 2021 applying for 2021
Extra time for the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (OLNA) for Year 12 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 10 minutes to complete the reading, writing and numeracy components of the OLNA.
Enrolling in the Year 12 General and Foundation EAL/D courses
A Year 12 student can enrol in the General and Foundation EAL/D courses if they have eligibility approval from the teacher and school principal. For a student to be approved, the school must complete and retain the required documentation (Form for eligibility for enrolment in Year 12 General and Foundation English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) and for extra time to complete the OLNA) and supporting evidence. Schools must be prepared to submit this documentation and evidence when required by the Authority.
Extra time to complete the OLNA for Year 12 General and Foundation EAL/D students
Where a General or Foundation student has EAL/D eligibility approval from the teacher and school principal, notification to the Authority for the allocation of an extra 10 minutes to complete each component of the OLNA needs to be entered by the principal (or their representative) through the OLNA dashboard.
The time adjustment will be applied to all OLNA tests completed by the student in that calendar year, therefore, this process needs to be repeated every calendar year that the student is sitting the OLNA. Schools must advise the Authority of any student needing the time adjustment by the deadline published in the Activities Schedule.
Due date for allocation of extra time to complete the OLNA for General and Foundation EAL/D students
Date
EAL/D students requiring extra time for 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
EAL/D eligibility informationATAR EAL/DGeneral and Foundation EAL/D- Student guide for online EAL/D eligibility applications (4.3 MB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:08am
- Student guide for online EAL/D eligibility applications (5.8 MB)
- School guide for online EAL/D eligibility applications (3.2 MB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:08am
- School guide for online EAL/D eligibility applications (4.1 MB)
- School administrators guide for role assignment (1.9 MB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:03am
- School administrators guide for role assignment (2.3 MB)
- Online EAL/D eligibility application checklist (228.2 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:08am
- Online EAL/D eligibility application checklist (143.0 KB)
- Information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (245.1 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:09am
- Information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (170.6 KB)
- Online EAL/D eligibility applications FAQs (362.9 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:09am
- Online EAL/D eligibility applications FAQs (210.9 KB)
- Arabic EAL/D eligibility checklist (842.5 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:09am
- Arabic EAL/D eligibility checklist (146.1 KB)
- Arabic information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (681.9 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:09am
- Arabic information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (166.5 KB)
- Burmese EAL/D eligibility checklist (769.2 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:10am
- Burmese EAL/D eligibility checklist (742.9 KB)
- Burmese information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (293.9 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:10am
- Burmese information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (151.5 KB)
- Dari EAL/D eligibility checklist (551.9 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:10am
- Dari EAL/D eligibility checklist (145.8 KB)
- Dari information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (640.1 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:10am
- Dari information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (149.7 KB)
- Dinka EAL/D eligibility checklist (486.4 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:28am
- Dinka EAL/D eligibility checklist (145.6 KB)
- Dinka information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (484.1 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:28am
- Dinka information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (166.9 KB)
- Farsi EAL/D eligibility checklist (534.8 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:28am
- Farsi EAL/D eligibility checklist (144.5 KB)
- Farsi information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (822.7 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:28am
- Farsi information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (164.8 KB)
- Indonesian EAL/D eligibility checklist (583.2 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:29am
- Indonesian EAL/D eligibility checklist (144.2 KB)
- Indonesian information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (579.0 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:29am
- Indonesian information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (165.4 KB)
- Karen EAL/D eligibility checklist (175.8 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:29am
- Karen information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (458.6 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:30am
- Korean EAL/D eligibility checklist (570.0 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:30am
- Korean EAL/D eligibility checklist (144.4 KB)
- Korean information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (548.3 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:30am
- Korean information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (165.9 KB)
- Mandarin EAL/D eligibility checklist (580.3 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:30am
- Mandarin EAL/D eligibility checklist (144.6 KB)
- Mandarin information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (712.7 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:31am
- Mandarin information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (165.9 KB)
- Punjabi EAL/D eligibility checklist (703.7 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:31am
- Punjabi EAL/D eligibility checklist (144.9 KB)
- Punjabi information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (808.0 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:31am
- Punjabi information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (166.0 KB)
- Tagalog EAL/D eligibility checklist (480.8 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:31am
- Tagalog EAL/D eligibility checklist (143.8 KB)
- Tagalog information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (529.4 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:32am
- Tagalog information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (171.0 KB)
- Thai EAL/D eligibility checklist (783.4 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:32am
- Thai EAL/D eligibility checklist (144.6 KB)
- Thai information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (782.5 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:32am
- Thai information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (166.6 KB)
- Vietnamese EAL/D eligibility checklist (468.4 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:32am
- Vietnamese EAL/D eligibility checklist (145.3 KB)
- Vietnamese information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (444.3 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:32am
- Vietnamese information for parents of EAL/D students applying online for eligibility (165.3 KB)
- Form for eligibility for enrolment in Year 12 General and Foundation EAL/D and for extra time to complete the OLNA (489.3 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:11am
- Form for eligibility for enrolment in Year 12 General and Foundation EAL/D and for extra time to complete the OLNA (311.5 KB)
- EAL/D - Allocation of extra time to complete the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (190.3 KB) Last updated: 25 Oct 2019 9:11am
- EAL/D - Allocation of extra time to complete the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (266.9 KB)
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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 2020- 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 2019- 2020 General EST Unit 3 Content (282.5 KB) Last updated: 25 Sep 2019 3:41pm
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 2020- 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 2019- 2020 Foundation EST Unit 3 Content (281.4 KB) Last updated: 25 Sep 2019 3:41pm
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.