Australian Curriculum & English as an Additional Language/Dialect Resources
ACARA has a number of resources to assist with teaching students who speak English as an Additional Language or Dialect.
If you click on this ACARA image and it will take you to the Resources page in Student Diversity or you can see some of the resources below.
English as an Additional Language/Dialect Learning Progression
This publication comprises an EAL/D learning progression typical of EAL/D students that will help teachers to identify the English language levels of the EAL/D students in their classrooms and address the EAL/D student’s specific learning requirements.
This learning progression is available in two views — by stage of schooling (Foundation to Year 2; Years 3 – 6 and Years 7-10) and by language mode– Speaking; Listening; Reading and viewing and Writing.
The resource has been developed to:
This publication comprises an EAL/D learning progression typical of EAL/D students that will help teachers to identify the English language levels of the EAL/D students in their classrooms and address the EAL/D student’s specific learning requirements.
This learning progression is available in two views — by stage of schooling (Foundation to Year 2; Years 3 – 6 and Years 7-10) and by language mode– Speaking; Listening; Reading and viewing and Writing.
The resource has been developed to:
- advise teachers about areas of the curriculum that EAL/D students may find challenging and why
- assist classroom teachers to identify where their EAL/D
students are broadly positioned on a progression of English language learning - help teachers understand students’ cultural and linguistic
diversity, and the ways this understanding can be used in the classroom - provide examples of teaching strategies supportive of EAL/D
students - direct teachers to additional relevant and useful support for
teaching EAL/D students.
Annotated Content Descriptions English Foundation to Year 10
ACARA has developed this framework to support teachers to develop appropriate teaching and learning programs for EAL/D students using the Australian Curriculum. The resource has been developed to:
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Capability Framework- Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander EAL/D learners
This Framework was designed to support the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and applies to those teaching in remote, regional and urban areas across Australia. |