• Curriculum Framework
• Early Childhood Schools
• Curriculum Programs
• Literacy and Numeracy
  • Early Literacy and Numeracy Officers (ELNO)
  • English as a Second Language (ESL)
    • The ESL Program
    • ESL Services and Information
  • Indigenous Literacy and Numeracy
  • Language for Understanding Across the Curriculum (LUAC)
  • Learning Assistance
  • Literacy
  • National Literacy and Numeracy Week (NLNW)
  • Numeracy
  • Parents as Tutors Program
  • An Even Start
  • Professional Development Overview
• Professional Learning
• Assessment and Reporting
• Chief Minister's Reading Challenge

ESL Overview 
Contacts
Useful Links

The ESL Program 
Professional Learning 
Teaching and Learning 
Program Delivery

Services and Information 
Translating and Interpreting Service
Data Collection and Staffing Process 
ESL Funding 
ACT DET Policy

ESL Overview

English as a Second Language (ESL) is the study of English by students who already speak at least one other language or who come from a home in which a language other than English is used.

Learning and communicating in Australian society is dependent on competence in English.  Communication skills give students access to more choices in learning areas, possibilities for contributing to the school culture and post school options in the work force and further education.

Students are also better prepared to contribute to society through advocacy for themselves and others in personal, social, political and legal fields.  Australian society is enhanced by ESL students having access to ESL programs that enable them to develop an understanding of attitudes and beliefs regarding Australian society, citizenship and position on the world stage.  Schools, therefore, have a responsibility to provide ESL programs to students who require English language teaching.

Contacts

• ESL Executive Officer – ESL Policy and Programs
  Phone (02) 6205 8291
• Language Understanding Across the Curriculum (LUAC)
  Phone (02) 6205 8291

Useful Links

• ACT Multicultural Council
• ATESOL ACT
• ATESOL
• Learning English with the Adult Migrant English Programme (AMEP)
• Companion House
• Department of Immigration and Citizenship
• Migrant Resource Centre
• Refugee Council of Australia
• Northside Primary Introductory English Centre (NPIEC)
• Southside Primary Introductory Centre
• Tuggeranong Primary Introductory English Centre
• Secondary Introductory English Centre
• WIRC Women’s Information and Referral Centre