AngliSchools Language College Perth

AngliSchools Language College serves students preparing to enter mainstream schooling. The Perth campus is at AngliSchools House on Murray Street in the central business district. The language college is part of the wider AngliSchools organisation, with a programme designed around the transition from learning English to using it across a school timetable.

Learning the language of school subjects

Students work on English alongside curriculum areas such as science, humanities, media and physical education. This addresses a practical challenge for young learners. Being able to converse with classmates is different from being able to read a science instruction, explain a result or respond to a question using the vocabulary of a particular subject. Working on language through school subjects gives those skills a context. Students are issued textbooks for the work they undertake, and the language college provides a uniform before they begin their school programme.

The college describes a period of preparation of up to four terms before movement into mainstream secondary study within its school network. Families can discuss the student’s age, existing subject knowledge and English background when planning the transition. They should identify which receiving school and year group are relevant, since the language a student needs to follow a lesson also depends on what that class is studying.