Stage 1 | Subject outline | Version control

Australian Languages — Additional Language Stage 1
Subject outline

Version 4.0
For teaching in 2024. Accredited in August 2019 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2020. 

Stage 1 | Subject outline | Evidence of learning

Evidence of learning

Assessment at Stage 1 is school based.

The following assessment types enable students to demonstrate their learning in Stage 1 Australian Languages — Additional Language:

  • Assessment Type 1: Creating and Responding
  • Assessment Type 2: Language in Action.

For a 10‑credit subject, students provide evidence of their learning through three or four assessments. Each assessment type should have a weighting of at least 20%. Students complete:

  • two or three creating and responding tasks (at least one resource creation, and at least one response to resources)
  • one language in action task.

For a 20‑credit subject, students provide evidence of their learning through six assessments. Each assessment type should have a weighting of at least 20%. Students complete:

  • at least four creating and responding tasks (at least one resource creation, and at least one response to resources)
  • at least one language in action task.