Stage 2 | Subject outline | Version control
English as an Additional Language
Stage 2
Subject outline
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 | Evidence of learning
Evidence of learning
All Stage 2 subjects have a school assessment component and an external assessment component.
The following assessment types enable students to demonstrate their learning in Stage 2 English as an Additional Language:
School assessment (70%)
- Assessment Type 1: Academic Literacy Study (30%)
- Assessment Type 2: Responses to Texts (40%)
External assessment (30%)
- Assessment Type 3: Examination (30%).
Students provide evidence of their learning through seven assessments, including the external assessment component. Students complete:
- two tasks for the academic literacy study (one oral and one written)
- four tasks for the responses to texts (at least one oral and two written)
- one examination.