Description
Persian Language for ATAR
Western Australian students can study Persian through Persian Language School WA (PLSWA), and receive credit for their study. PLSWA has qualified teachers and the authority to prepare students for their final examinations and enrol them as non-school candidates when they are in Year 12. This can contribute to their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) and would currently also attract the Languages Other than English (LOTE).
About this course
PLSWA has the recognition and authorisation to prepare students for the final “practical ATAR course 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 the Persian language for Year 10-12 students who aim to sit for the ATAR course practical examinations for Persian: Second Language. Students will study the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) past examination papers and learn selected topics on four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), as well as vocabulary tailored to their need.
Level Assessment
As an initial step, to ensure that students will achieve the best results, it is important to assess their proficiency in the Persian language. Thus, students must take the Level Assessment Exam to demonstrate that they possess the minimum knowledge of Upper-Intermediate Level of the Persian Language to enter the course.
Preparation for Exams
Part of the course/preparation is to work through VCE’s past examination sample material, plus reviewing Mina, Mina 2, Mina 3 and/or Mina 4 textbooks.
VCE Persian sample materials and past examinations can be downloaded HERE
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) has also published a series of videos to support students in preparing for the Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages (CCAFL) oral examinations, which can be found HERE
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 or SCSA).
Reference: https://scsa.wa.edu.au/sirs-and-srms-info/srms-information/wace-language-applications
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) (which 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)
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.
Reference: https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/syllabus-and-support-materials/languages/interstate-languages
External examinations are available to either:
1. 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, OR
2. 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 SCSA by email at [email protected] or call +61 8 9273 6724. For any question regarding the PLSWA ATAR preparation course, please communicate with [email protected]
