English and English as an Additional Language (EAL)

Study Design – Units 1 and 2 only in 2023

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

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 2024)

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

2023 English/EAL text list
The approved English/EAL text list for study in 2023.

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 VCE English examination specifications, past examinations and reports.

View VCE English as an Additional Language 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 and 2: 2016-2022; Units 3 and 4: 2017-2023).

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.

For accreditation period Units 1 and 2: 2023-2027, 3 and 4 2024-2027

• VCE English and English as an Additional Language Study Design (Updated August 2022) for Units 3 and 4 implementation in 2024.
• 2024 English/EAL text list (updated June 2023)
  The approved English/EAL text list for study in 2024.
  
• Creative writing process videos
  In partnership with The Wheeler Centre, the VCAA has produced three on demand videos featuring writers set for study on the 2024 VCE English and EAL Text List (List 2): Maxine Beneba Clarke (The Hate Race, chapter 2), Maya Hodge (‘bidngen’) and Penni Russon (‘All That We Know of Dreaming’).
  
• Information about supporting students living with print disabilities (in collaboration with Vision Australia)
• Support materials
  These support materials incorporate the previously known Advice for teachers.
• Planning
• Teaching and learning
• Assessment
• Implementation of VCE English and English as an Additional Language Study Design (Units 1 and 2: 2023-2027, Units 3 and 4: 2024-2027)
  Online video presentations which provide teachers with an overview of the VCE English and English as an Additional Language Study Design and other relevant VCAA documents that can be used to plan their teaching and learning programs.