English – EAL

VCE English as an Additional Language (EAL) focuses on how the English language is used to create meaning in print and digital texts of varying complexity. EAL provides additional supports and time to allow students to focus on deepeer understandings. 

Texts selected for study are drawn from the past and present, from Australia and from other cultures, and comprise many text types, including media texts, for analysis of argument.

The study is intended to meet the needs of students with a wide range of expectations and aspirations, including those for whom English is an additional language.

This study enables students to:

• extend their English language skills through reading, writing, speaking, listening, thinking and viewing to meet the demands of further study, the workplace, and their own needs and interests
• enhance their understanding, enjoyment and appreciation of the English language through all modes
• discuss, explore and analyse the form, purpose, context, text structures and language of texts from a range of styles and genres
• discuss, explore and analyse how culture, values and context underpin the construction of texts and how this can affect meaning and understanding
• convey ideas and demonstrate insight convincingly and confidently
• create print, digital and spoken texts
• demonstrate the ability to make informed choices about the construction of texts in relation to purpose, audience and context