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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 | Subject changes

Subject changes 2024

Assessment Type 3: Examination

Minor change in wording to better reflect the structure of the online exam.

Part A - reword to read:

The text will be heard wil be heard twice. There will be no set pause times before or after the listening text. Students can spend as much or as little time on the answers as needed.

Part B - reword to read:

For Part B, students analyse two texts. One of these texts will have an aural component (e.g. excerpt from a radio broadcast, recording of an interview, aural advertisement) or an aural and visual component (e.g. film trailer, television interview, video recording of a lecture . . .'

Second paragraph reword to read:

the listening text(s) will be heard twice. There will be no set pause times before or after the listening text(s). Students can spend as much or as little time on the answers as needed.