Italian: Second Language
Italian: Second Language learning area contacts:
- For all Italian: Second Language course enquiries please contact:
Aureliana Di Rollo : +61 8 9273 6754 | Aureliana.DiRollo@scsa.wa.edu.au - For Italian: Second Language practical examination enquiries please contact:
Dianne Rogers : +61 8 9273 6772 | Dianne.Rogers@scsa.wa.edu.au
Syllabus Review
The Authority is reviewing the Year 11 and Year 12 ATAR syllabuses. View the documents below.
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.
The student portal will open for Year 10 students to submit a Language application from Monday, 22 June 2026.
Submission dates of Language Applications for enrolment in Language courses in 2027
Date | Year 10 students submit a Language Application* |
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Wednesday, 29 July 2026 | Or earlier where the school starts the 2027 school year in Term 4, 2026 |
Friday, 28 August 2026 | Or earlier where the school starts the 2027 school year in Term 1, 2027 |
*or Year 9 gifted and talented/accelerated language students
Note: Language Applications for new enrolments in Year 11 and Year 12 2027 will open in late January 2027.
Language Applications for 2027 Year 12 non-school candidates will open in late January 2027.
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ATAR
The Italian: Second Language ATAR course is designed to further develop students’ knowledge and understanding of the culture and the language of Italian-speaking communities, providing them with opportunities to gain a broader and deeper understanding of Italian and extend and refine their communication skills. The course focuses on the interrelationship of language and culture, and equips students with the skills needed to function in an increasingly globalised society, a culturally and linguistically diverse local community, and provides them with the foundation for life-long language learning. Relevant and engaging tasks, delivered through a range of appropriate contexts and topics, develop literacy in the Italian language as well as extend literacy development in English.
What's changingSyllabus- ATAR Year 12 What's changing - General capabilities (409.7 KB) Last updated: 01 Oct 2025 12:30pm
- ATAR Year 12 What's changing - General capabilities (318.0 KB) Last updated: 01 Oct 2025 12:30pm
- ATAR Year 12 What's changing - Rationale and Aims, (391.5 KB) Last updated: 01 Oct 2025 12:30pm
- ATAR Year 12 What's changing - Rationale and Aims, (315.8 KB) Last updated: 01 Oct 2025 12:30pm
Grading Support Materials- ATAR Year 11 Syllabus – For teaching from 2026 (729.8 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 3:45pm
- ATAR Year 11 Syllabus – For teaching from 2026 (412.0 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 3:45pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 (733.6 KB) Last updated: 26 May 2025 10:04am
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 (431.2 KB) Last updated: 26 May 2025 10:04am
Examination Materials- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (381.7 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 11:38am
- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (212.3 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 11:38am
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline (459.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:17pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline (362.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:17pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (337.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:17pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (352.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:17pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (474.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:17pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (1.2 MB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:17pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline (251.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline (353.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (484.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (766.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline (312.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline (362.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- 2026 Practical (oral) examination requirements (1.2 MB) Last updated: 27 Mar 2026 10:40am
- 2026 Practical (oral) marking key (318.8 KB) Last updated: 27 Mar 2026 10:40am
- 2025 Summary examination report for candidates (263.8 KB) Last updated: 19 Mar 2026 2:28pm
- 2025 Examination (463.0 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 10:51am
- 2025 Marking Key (383.1 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 10:51am
- 2025 Recording Transcript (210.1 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 10:51am
- 2025 Track 1 Italian: Second Language (2.9 MB) Last updated: 29 Jan 2026 9:00am
- 2025 Track 2 - Text 1 Italian: Second Language (22.1 MB) Last updated: 29 Jan 2026 9:00am
- 2025 Track 3 - Text 2 Italian: Second Language (11.0 MB) Last updated: 29 Jan 2026 9:00am
- 2025 Track 4 - Text 3 Italian: Second Language (11.8 MB) Last updated: 29 Jan 2026 9:00am
- 2023 ISL Practical (oral) Examination Front Cover (267.6 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 10:53am
- Practical (oral) examination sample stimulus items (325.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:49pm
- Additional Past ATAR Course Examinations
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General
The Italian: Second Language General course is designed to enable students to gain knowledge and an understanding of the culture and the language of Italian-speaking communities. The course focuses on the interrelationship of language and culture, and equips students with the skills needed to function in an increasingly globalised society, a culturally and linguistically diverse local community, and provides them with the foundation for life-long language learning. Relevant and engaging tasks, delivered through a range of appropriate contexts and topics, develop literacy in the Italian language as well as extend literacy development in English.
What's changingSyllabus- General Year 12 What's changing - General capabilities (410.5 KB) Last updated: 01 Oct 2025 12:33pm
- General Year 12 What's changing - General capabilities (317.8 KB) Last updated: 01 Oct 2025 12:33pm
- General Year 12 What's changing - Rationale and Aims, (391.3 KB) Last updated: 01 Oct 2025 12:33pm
- General Year 12 What's changing - Rationale and Aims, (315.5 KB) Last updated: 01 Oct 2025 12:33pm
Grading Support Materials- General Syllabus Year 12 (492.4 KB) Last updated: 26 May 2025 9:58am
- General Syllabus Year 12 (165.9 KB) Last updated: 26 May 2025 9:58am
- General Year 11 Syllabus – For teaching from 2026 (701.4 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 3:47pm
- General Year 11 Syllabus – For teaching from 2026 (406.9 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 3:47pm
Externally Set Tark Materials 2026- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (381.7 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 11:38am
- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (212.3 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 11:38am
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline (243.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:56pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline (353.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:56pm
- General Year 12 sample course outline (366.4 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:56pm
- General Year 12 sample course outline (304.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:56pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (1.0 MB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:56pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (679.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:56pm
- General Year 11 sample assessment outline (243.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- General Year 11 sample assessment outline (353.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- General Year 11 sample assessment tasks (487.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- General Year 11 sample assessment tasks (980.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- General Year 11 sample course outline (310.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- General Year 11 sample course outline (367.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
Externally Set Task Materials 2025- 2026 General EST Unit 3 Content (278.7 KB) Last updated: 25 Sep 2025 2:07pm
Externally Set Task Materials 2024- 2025 General EST Unit 3 content (192.8 KB) Last updated: 18 Sep 2024 9:58am
Externally Set Task Materials 2023- 2024 General EST Unit 3 content (324.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:36pm
Externally Set Task Materials 2022- 2023 General EST Unit 3 Content (324.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:10pm
Externally Set Task Materials 2021- 2022 General EST Unit 3 Content (323.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:32pm
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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 https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2020- 2021 ISL General EST Unit 3 content (318.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:22pm
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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 https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2019- 2020 General EST Unit 3 Content (318.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:10pm
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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 https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2018- 2019 General EST Unit 3 content (191.4 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:50pm
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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 https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2017- 2018 General EST Unit 3 content (169.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:34pm
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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 https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2016- 2017 General EST Unit 3 content (167.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:24pm
- 2017 General EST Unit 3 content (182.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:24pm
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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 https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
- General sample EST (2.6 MB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- General sample EST (289.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- General sample EST marking key (321.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
- General sample EST marking key (196.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:41pm
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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 https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Syllabus Review
The Authority is reviewing the ATAR syllabuses.
For further information, please contact:
Nadia Civa
Manager, Curriculum and Assessment
Nadia.Civa@scsa.wa.edu.au