VCE English as an Additional Language (EAL) (Year 11)
VCE English as an Additional Language (EAL) (Year 11) on VCE Vault: 8 lessons written for Year 11 (VCE, Victorian Certificate of Education), each with worked examples, practice questions and Aari, an AI tutor. The first 4 lessons are free; the whole subject is a one-off A$12.99.
VCE English as an Additional Language (EAL) (Year 11) study notes: 39 pages covering 8 topics (PDF, A$9.99).
Lessons
Unit 1 — Reading and Exploring Texts
- Reading and Exploring Texts — Personal Connections, Ideas and Perspectives (free) — Read a text actively, make personal connections, and identify its main ideas, characters and perspectives.
- Building Analytical Paragraphs — TEEL, Quotes and Explaining Evidence (free) — Write clear analytical paragraphs using the TEEL structure, short embedded quotes and explanations of what the evidence shows.
Unit 1 — Crafting Texts
- Crafting Texts — Learning From Mentor Texts to Write Your Own (free) — Study mentor texts to learn writing techniques, then craft your own texts for a chosen purpose and audience.
Language, Listening and Speaking
- Grammar for Writing — Tenses, Articles, Agreement and Complex Sentences (free) — Control the grammar that matters most in VCE writing: verb tenses, articles, subject–verb agreement, sentence boundaries and complex sentences.
- Listening and Discussion — Understanding Spoken Texts and Sharing Ideas — Understand spoken texts such as interviews, podcasts and discussions, take effective notes, and take part in class discussions with clear, polite language.
- Vocabulary for VCE — Words for Analysing Texts, Tone and Argument — Build and use a precise vocabulary for analysing texts, describing tone and discussing argument.
Unit 2 — Exploring Argument
- Exploring Argument — Identifying Contention, Audience and Persuasive Language — Read persuasive texts to identify the issue, contention, arguments, audience and persuasive language, and explain how they try to influence readers.
- Presenting a Point of View — Writing and Delivering a Persuasive Speech — Plan, write and deliver a persuasive point-of-view speech with a clear contention, logical arguments, persuasive language and confident delivery.