Chinese: Background Language
Chinese: Background Language learning area contacts:
- Coral Ryan : +61 8 9273 6743 | Coral.Ryan@scsa.wa.edu.au opens in new window
Interstate languages are accessed through the national Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages (CCAFL) and interstate borrowing arrangements as part of the Western Australian Certificate of Education.
Enrolment information
A student who intends to enrol in a Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) Language course can only do so if they have approval from the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority).
For a student to gain approval to enrol, they must complete an Application for permission to enrol in a WACE Language course (Language application) via the student portal (https://studentportal.scsa.wa.edu.au/home opens in new window) while they are in Year 10* and submit it to the Authority, with the required supporting documentation, by the deadline published in the Activities Schedule. A student’s enrolment status is determined by the Authority on a case-by-case basis.
Schools must endorse these WACE language applications via the Student Records Management System (SRMS) (https://srms.scsa.wa.edu.au opens in new window).
For further information visit https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/sirs-and-srms-info/srms-information/wace-language-applications.
Submission dates of Language Applications for enrolment in Language courses in 2025
Date | Year 10 students submit a Language Application* |
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Wednesday, 24 July 2024 | Or earlier where the school starts the 2025 school year in Term 4, 2024 |
Friday, 23 August 2024 | Or earlier where the school starts the 2025 school year in Term 1, 2025 |
*or Year 9 gifted and talented/accelerated language students
Note: Language Applications for new enrolments in Year 11 and Year 12 will open in late January 2025.
Language Applications for non-school candidates will open in late January 2025.
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ATAR(currently selected)
The Chinese: Background Language ATAR course builds on and further develops a student’s language capability through engagement with the Chinese‐speaking communities, locally and overseas, and through the study of contemporary texts, topics and issues. The course affords students with a background in the language the opportunity to strengthen their personal connections to the Chinese language and culture. The course focuses on the interrelationship of language and culture, and further enhances the skills students possess to function in an increasingly globalised society, a culturally and linguistically diverse local community, and continues to build the foundation for life-long language learning. Relevant and engaging tasks, delivered through a range of appropriate topics, texts and issues, develop literacy in the Chinese language as well as extend literacy development in English.
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