Description
Persian Language for ATAR
Western Australian students can study Persian through Persian Language School WA, and receive credit for their study. PLSWA have qualified teachers and the authority to prepare the students for the final examinations and enrol them as non-school candidates when they are in Year 12. This can contribute to their ATAR and would currently also attract the LOTE bonus.
About this course
Persian Language School WA have the recognition and authorised to prepare students for the final “practical examinations for Persian: Second Language” and enrol them as non-school candidates when they are in Year 12.
This course is a personalised Tuition of Persian Language to year 10-12 students who aim to sit for the ATAR course practical examinations for Persian: Second Language. Students will study the VCE past examination papers and learn selected topics on four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) as well as vocabulary tailored to their requirement.
Level Assessment
As an initial step, to ensure the student will get a good result, it is important to assess his/her proficiency in the Persian language. So that students must take the Level Assessment Exam to demonstrate that they possess the minimum knowledge of Upper-Intermediate Level of Persian Language to enter the course.
Preparation for Exams
Part of the course/preparation is to work through the ATAR’s Past examination sample material, plus reviewing Mina, Mina 2, Mina 3 and Mina 4 books.
VCE Persian Sample Materials and Past Examinations can be downloaded HERE
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority also published a series of videos to support students in preparing for the CCAFL oral examinations, which can be find HERE
WACE Language Applications
Ref: https://scsa.wa.edu.au/sirs-and-srms-info/srms-information/wace-language-applications
A student who intends to enrol in a Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) Language course can only do so if they have approval from the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority). For a student to gain approval to enrol, they must complete an Application for permission to enrol in a WACE Language course (Language application) via the student portal (https://studentportal.scsa.wa.edu.au/home opens in new window) while they are in Year 10* and submit it to the Authority, with the required supporting documentation, by the deadline published in the Activities Schedule. A student’s enrolment status is determined by the Authority on a case-by-case basis.
Registration for Interstate Languages (ie. Persian)
Ref: https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/syllabus-and-support-materials/languages/interstate-languages
Year 12 students can register with the Authority (SCSA), through their main school, to sit only the external examination in an Interstate Language as a non-school candidate, provided they sit external examinations in at least three other ATAR courses in the same year, so that the language examination mark can be scaled. The mark of the external examination can contribute towards the calculation of the student’s ATAR used for university entrance.
External examinations are:
1. available to Year 11 and Year 12 students who are enrolled in and have completed the relevant Interstate Language course units (Units 3 and 4) at a school or community language school.
2. available to Year 12 non-school candidates, who are enrolled in at least three other examinations in the same year as sitting the Interstate Language examination.
Also see the info and form at: https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/administration/schooladministration/Pages/EnrolmentinVCEModernLanguages.aspx
For further clarification or any questions, about enrolment for ATAR you may contact the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) by email at languages@scsa.wa.edu.au or call +61 8 9273 6724. For any question regarding the PLSWA ATAR preparation course, please communicate with info@plswa.org.au
