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Lucy Lu; Wai Yin Wan; Olivia Groves; Jenny Hammond – Australian Education Research Organisation Limited, 2025
Approximately 30% of students in Australian schools are from language backgrounds other than English (LBOTE). Some LBOTE students speak English as their first language and do not require English language support, while others (about 25% of the student population) are learning English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D). These students…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Public Schools
Australian Education Research Organisation Limited, 2025
This research summary describes an Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) research project that explored how long it takes Australian students learning English as an additional language (EAL) to develop the English language skills necessary to participate equitably in curriculum learning. It outlines the key findings, context and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Public Schools, Language Proficiency
Lucy Lu; Wai Yin Wan; Olivia Groves; Jenny Hammond – Australian Education Research Organisation Limited, 2025
The following are additional results from the research described in the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)'s main project report, "How Long it Takes to Learn English While Learning the Curriculum." Specifically, these results supplement the results from Part 2 of the project, which used the NSW DoE's EAL/D Annual Survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Public Schools