Chinese: First Language
Chinese: First Language learning area contacts:
- Coral Ryan : +61 8 9273 6743 | Coral.Ryan@scsa.wa.edu.au
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 ) 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).
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
The Chinese: First Language ATAR course is designed for students with a cultural and linguistic background in Chinese. The course focuses on the interrelationship of language and culture, and further enhances the skills students possess to function in an increasingly globalised society and a culturally and linguistically diverse local community. Through engagement with the Chinese-speaking communities, locally and overseas, and through the study of contemporary texts, themes and issues, students strengthen their literacy skills in both the Chinese and English languages.
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