This course is designed to enable students
to learn to communicate effectively in Standard Australian English
(SAE); the variety of English that is most commonly used in
business, government, education and many workplaces in Australia.
Through gaining an understanding of and proficiency in SAE as
an additional language or dialect, students are empowered by
the opportunity to move between language varieties appropriately.
Curriculum
Council
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The print, video, audio, online and electronic
resources listed here support English as an Additional Language
or Dialect.
Note: all resources for this WACE Course
are recommendations only. Each school should decide on specific titles
for their students in consultation with their school community and
sector guidelines.
| Phase of Development |
| Resources are typically relevant, but not exclusively,
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- Early Adolescence
- Late Adolescence
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New resources will be added as they
are identified.
English
as an Additional Language or Dialect - All Resources
This will bring up all English as an Additional Language or
Dialect Course of Study resources.
English
as an Additional Language or Dialect - Websites
This will bring up all English as an Additional Language or
Dialect Websites
How
to get the best out of your search:
If you want resources for specific text types or outcomes, click
on one of the following links:
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| Supplementary
Texts |
The texts that form the vehicles for
the content of English as an Additional Language or Dialect
include everyday texts, informational texts, mass media
texts and literature. Literature includes a wide variety
of creative and imaginative writing, oral performance
and texts that contribute to an appreciation of students'
own cultural heritages and the heritages of other cultures.
To locate suitable novels, short stories, nonfiction narratives
and other resources in the Resource Bank there are a number
of searches you may use:
- Which Book?
This page on the CMIS website links to reviews and
bibliographic details of books taken from the CMIS
publication Fiction Focus: New Titles For Teenagers.
These reviews are written by English teachers, teacher
librarians or other professionals in the field of
children's literature.
- For an more extensive search:
- Fiction [Choose Late Adolescence and/or Early
Adolescence]
These searches will find an extensive collection
of novels, picture books, audio books, videos
and supporting websites.
Specific searches
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| Also browse the following Fiction Hot Topic
pages on the CMIS website for further ideas to support
learning contexts: |
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NOTE: for more help with searches
go to
CMIS
Resource Bank Help Pages. |
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| Professional Associations |
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| Teacher General Reference |
- ESL/ESD
[Department of Education &
Training WA site]
- ESL/ESD
[CMIS. Australian & international
links]
- Indigeneous
Learners and Language [Australian
Council of TESOL Associations maintain this website on Indigenous
learners across Australia.]
- English
Online [Developed by teachers,
this NZ site contains outcomes-based English Learning Area
teaching units; professional readings and resources for
primary and secondary teachers; and interactive projects
for students.]
- enhanceTV [enhanceTV
is a free web resource for educators that provides them
with information on educational TV programs, films, radio
programs, study guides and more.]
- Reading
Online [An electronic
journal focusing on literacy practice and research in K-12
classrooms, published by the International Reading Associationl]
- SCORE
Language Arts [California. Website
includes literature guides, an activities bank and phonics
resources.]
- STELLA
[Australia. Provides a detailed
picture of what accomplished English/Literacy teaching is.]
- WA
State Literature Centre [WA]
- Web
English Teacher [USA. K-12 English
teaching resources: including ESL ideas, grammar, YA fiction,
literature, poetry, mythology, speech & debate and other
useful sections.]
- Voices
and Visions [Access Asia]
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| State
Courses and Documents |
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Current Affairs/News
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- Australian
Story [Series televised
on ABC - site contains transcripts of programs, program
background information, discussion forum & archive of
past programs]
- Behind
the News [ABC TV current
affairs program aimed at upper primary and secondary students.
Site contains information about how the program is made,
the people involved, teaching tips, links & resources,
transcripts, and episodes from the last 4 weeks can be viewed
online using Real Player or Windows Media.]
- TTN
[The Total News] [Television
News program on the Ten Network]
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| Student Sites |
- Australian
Word Map [Allows audiences to
engage and interact with an ever-increasing collection of
Australian regionalisms - words, phrases and expressions
used by particular language communities.]
- Dave's
ESL Cafe [Internet meeting place
for ESL/EFL students and teachers]
- Deadly
Mob [Deadly Mob,
based at the Gap Youth Centre in Alice Springs, is all about
creating online opportunities for Indigenous young people
anywhere in Australia. Deadly Mob aims to help young
people skill up to participate in community development
using information and communications technology.]
- English
Bites [English Bites
is an ABC television presentation and web site designed
to help improve English language skills.]
- Message
Club [Early Adolescence.
ABC site aimed at young people, particulary Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander students, to promote interest in
traditional and contemporary Indigenous life within new
media, visual arts, writing, music, history, sports, reading
and nutrition. Contains, games, book reviews, gallery of
photos and pictures, and a chat room.]
- Us
Mob [Middle Childhood-Early
Adolesence. Produced in association with Tangentyere Council
and ABC Online. Watch Central Australian Aboriginal teenagers
on video, read and listen to their text diaries, play survival
games, learn about Aboriginal life, join a chat forum]
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- AATE [Professional
reading & classroom texts]
- ABC
Shop [video, DVD, books,
spoken word]
- ABC
Content Sales [VHS/DVD/CD
copies of radio or television programs]
- Bolinda
Audio [audiobooks]
- Chalkface
Press [WA publisher specialising
in English]
- EzyDVD.com.au [DVD
- feature films, documentaries]
- Louis
Braille Audio [audiobooks
- fiction & nonfiction]
- Marcom
Projects [video,
DVD, CD-ROM - SBS videos, Literacy/ESL, adolescent issues,
Aboriginal, YA non-fiction, study guides]
- Maxwell's
Collection [video, DVD - feature
films, documentaries]
- Pearson
Education Australia [Englishl
language teaching texts
- Ronin
Films [video, DVD - feature
films, documentaries]]
- Soundbooks
[audiobooks]
- Full
list of audio/video/film publishers & distributors on
CMIS website
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This project was made possible by
funding from the Public Education Endowment Trust. |
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