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 | Text creation skills and strategies

Text creation skills and strategies

Students respond to information, ideas, and opinions, using sustained, persuasive, and effective communication. They create extended oral, written, and multimodal texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences, and contexts.

For example, they:

  • create a range of types of texts, using digital, multimodal, and print‑based technologies, particularly those suited to academic settings
  • use language appropriate to the context
  • make stylistic and grammatical choices for appropriate effect
  • use culturally specific phrases, idioms, and ideas
  • select language features and text structures suited to purpose and audience
  • use a range of research sources and appropriate referencing methods
  • plan, edit, and refine their texts.