French: Background Language
French: Background Language learning area contacts:
- For all French: Background Language course enquiries please contact:
Sonia Low : +61 8 9273 6725 | Sonia.Low@scsa.wa.edu.au - For French: Background Language practical examination enquiries please contact:
Dianne Rogers : +61 8 9273 6772 | Dianne.Rogers@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 French: Background Language ATAR course builds on and further develops a student’s language capability through engagement with the French‐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 French 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 French language as well as extend literacy development in English.
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