VCE on a Northern Hemisphere Timetable - English and English as an Additional Language

Study Design – Units 1 and 2 only in 2023-2024 NHT

This study design is to be used for Units 1 and 2 only in 2023-2024 NHT.

Developing a curriculum and assessment program

English Units 1–4 sample learning activities

EAL Units 1–4 sample learning activities

General assessment advice

Units 1 and 2 assessment

Units 3 and 4 assessment (from 1 July 2024 for NHT)

Examination specifications, past examinations and reports

• VCE English examination specifications, past examinations and reports
• VCE English as an Additional Language examination specifications, past examinations and reports

VCAA principles and procedures for prescribed VCE lists (June 2020)

View VCE English School-based Assessment report.

View VCE English as an Additional Language School-based Assessment report.

View NHT examination specifications, past examinations and reports.

Advice for teachers
Learning activities and assessment advice for teachers, including performance descriptions.

Glossary of command terms
This glossary provides a list of terms commonly used across the Victorian Curriculum F–10, VCE study designs and VCE examinations and to help students better understand the requirements of command terms in the context of their discipline.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in the VCE
On-demand video recordings, presented with the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc. (VAEAI) and the Department of Education (DE) Koorie Outcomes Division, for VCE teachers and leaders as part of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in the VCE webinar program held in 2023.

Frequently asked questions
A set of frequently asked questions for the revised VCE English and English as an Additional Language (EAL) Study Design (accreditation period Units 1-2: 2016-2022 (NHT July 2016-June 2023) and Units 3-4: 2017-2023 (NHT July 2017-June 2024).

Conversations about the revised study design (May 2016)
Set of filmed conversations between experienced VCE English and EAL teachers about aspects of the revised study design.

Implementation briefing materials (May 2016)
Presentations, participant workbooks and video recordings from 2016 Implementation briefings.

Unit 3 Sample course plan
This sample course plan for Unit 3 has been designed to support teachers of combined English and English as an Additional Language (EAL) classes.