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Stage 2 | Subject outline | Version control

English as an Additional Language Stage 2
Subject outline

Version 4.0
For teaching in Australian and SACE International schools from January 2024 to December 2024.
For teaching in SACE International schools only from May/June 2023 to March 2024 and from May/June 2024 to March 2025.
Accredited in May 2015 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2017.

Stage 2 | Subject outline | Content | Comprehension skills and strategies

Comprehension skills and strategies

Students comprehend and evaluate information, ideas, and opinions presented in texts.

For example, they:

  • comprehend and evaluate information, ideas, and opinions in a range of texts of increasing complexity
  • distinguish between and evaluate facts and opinions
  • compare and contrast the different purposes, forms, and mediums of texts
  • reflect on and evaluate how language choices and rhetorical devices are designed to influence personal interpretations and those of others
  • integrate ideas and information from texts.