NSW Department of Education and Training

developed reading lists to support teachers of the HSC ESL course and posted them
on the library catalogue
provided consultancy support to teachers and regional consultants
conducted information sessions and provided resources to support ESL network
meetings.
A total of 2,944 ESL students completed the 2008 HSC English (ESL) course.
TAFE NSW
Adequate skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing in English are critical for
gaining and retaining employment and for success in education at all levels in Australia.
TAFE NSW annually commits resources to deliver programs assisting students from non-
English speaking backgrounds to acquire English language skills to enable them to
achieve their educational and vocational aspirations.
Students with English language learning needs continued to access a wide range of
English language programs in a variety of delivery modes and environments. Programs
were delivered face-to-face, online, by distance or by a combination of methods and were
provided at TAFE NSW Institutes, at workplaces and in community settings.
Between 2005 and 2007 enrolments in TAFE NSW delivered English language programs
by students from non-English speaking backgrounds increased by 8.7 per cent and in
vocational literacy programs by 53.2 per cent.
The take up of learner (tutorial) support by TAFE NSW students from non-English
speaking backgrounds increased markedly with over 7,612 enrolments in 2007 compared
to 2,621 in 2005.
TAFE NSW Institutes expanded provision of ESOL programs in regional areas: TAFE
NSW – Hunter Institute now offers ESOL programs at its Glendale and Cessnock
campuses and TAFE NSW – New England Institute provided vocational English in the
workplace at a meat processing enterprise in Inverell.
Community and Migrant Education
The Adult Migrant English Service (AMES) provided English language and literacy
training to almost 8,000 migrants and refugees in 2007-2008.
Strategies
Schools
The Department continued to:
coordinate New Arrivals and ESL programs for students in primary schools,
secondary schools, Intensive English Centres and the Intensive English High School
provide targeted ESL support for newly arrived ESL students in rural and regional
schools
develop teaching materials to assist staff to cater for the English language learning
needs of students from language backgrounds other than English
provide support and advice to teachers in rural and regional high schools and primary
schools through the specialist ESL/New Arrivals Program consultancy
investigate the use of distance technology for the provision of intensive English
language programs to newly arrived ESL students in rural and regional settings
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