EAL Orientation
Units 1 & 2
(English as an Additional Language)
What is the most important question
you need to ask yourself?
Answer: What do I need to do
to pass Year 11 EAL?
What is an Outcome?
What is the difference between skills
and knowledge?
How do I demonstrate I have the
skills and knowledge?
You will be given a task (an Outcome) to do
 Literature essay
 Comparative essay
 Oral presentation
 Analysis
 Monologue
 Etc.
Two questions are asked about the
Outcome:
1. Does this work satisfy
the requirements of the
Outcome?
Yes
or
No?
2. How good is this
piece of work?
A+
A
B+
B
.
.
.
E
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What if the work fails to meet
the Outcome?
Do I fail?
NO
You are given the opportunity
to re-do the task.
However, you only get ONE
chance to re-do each Outcome.
Plagiarism
MEANING: To take and use another person’s
thoughts, writing, inventions, etc. as your own
WARNING!
Work ‘will only be accepted if the
teacher can attest that, to the
best of their knowledge, all
unacknowledged work is the
student’s own’.
VCE English/EAL Study Design 20162020
There are two Outcomes for
both Unit 1 and Unit 2
If you fail ONE Outcome,
you do not pass the unit.
You must pass all four
Outcomes.
You need to pass all the Outcomes to
pass the Unit.
Unit 1 Outcomes:
Outcome 1 – Reading and creating texts:
• To produce analytical and creative responses to the text, The
Killer’s Tears
 To prepare a monologue from the perspective of a character
 To write a literature essay
Outcome 2 – Analysing and presenting argument:
• To analyse how argument and persuasive language can be used
to position audiences and create your own text intended to
position an audience
 Oral group current affairs analysis task
 Written analysis of a current affairs segment
 Listening task
You need to pass three units of
English/EAL to get your VCE.
Unit 2 Outcomes:
Outcome 1 – Reading and comparing texts:
• To compare the presentation of ideas, issues and themes in
two texts: Rabbit Proof Fence (film) and Stolen (play)
 Written comparative text analysis
Outcome 2 – Analysing and presenting argument:
• To identify and analyse how argument and persuasive
language are used in texts that attempt to influence an
audience and create a text which presents a point of view
 Written analysis of 2-3 articles on an issue
 To give an oral presentation to the class giving your point
of view on a current media issue
 Listening task
You’ll also sit an exam at the end of
each unit.
Holiday Homework…
 To stay informed of issues
in the Australian media by
reading the newspaper
and watching current
affairs programs on TV or
online
 Read The Killer’s Tears.
Complete the assignment
on the novel, which must
be handed in during your
first EAL lesson.
Any questions?