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1. At Karratha Senior High School, there is an ESL program focused on general English, but
evolving towards academic English for the upper years of the high school education.
2. There are 11 co-ed students enrolled in years 7 and 8. The students are mainly from South
East Asian countries such as Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines, one student is from
3. The syllabus used is aligned with the EAL/D document from the department of education.
This document guides the teaching, learning, monitoring and assessment of the students in
this course. The syllabus that has ben created is very loose. There are certain language
features that need to be addressed, but there are segments of the syllabus dedicated to the
needs of the student. My mentor teacher does a lot of diagnostic work to test student
strength and weaknesses, and plans around them. In this way, the program will be
4. There are 2 different text books that can be used, a file on the school shared drive with
resources sorted into language features and recommended online resources such as One
Stop English.
5. Students are selected for this program with evidence that their L1 language is not English.
In this regional town, there are large amounts of immigrants who pass through who have
English as their second language, but are capable of reading, writing, listening and
speaking to a high academic level. For this reason, the students will sit a diagnostic test
the Department of Education. Students keep a portfolio of work, which shows the
progression of their learning, and works as evidence as to which level they are currently
sitting at. This is an ongoing process, which is very useful for the students as they can
7. Karratha Senior High School is a government-funded school. The ESL program has a
separate budget to the English department and spending is at the discretion of my mentor
teacher and his head of learning area. The program is suitably funded, and will be growing
in the next few years to include another upper school ESL class as well as a 7-10 program
based entirely around students with English as an additional dialect, due to the large
8. There have not been any volunteers involved in the program other than the support of
9. Since Karratha is a regional school, professional development (PD) in the area is minimal.
If there is appropriate PD in Perth, we are able to attend with the approval of our principal.
10. I would like to teach in this institution as I have already built a rapport with the students
here and believe that it is a stand-out program for the students in this area. There is a great
community feel and it is important to improve the quality of living for the immigrants and