Scotch College

LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH (LOTE) Year 10 — 2012

It is expected that in Year 10 students will normally study two semesters of their chosen language in order to maintain the sequence of study necessary for admission to VCE language study.  Two languages can be studied through to VCE at Scotch College, if desired.

Rationale 

The ability to use a language other than English and move between cultures is important for full participation in the modern world, especially in the context of increased globalization and Australia’s cultural diversity. The course aims directly to continue to develop pupils’ communicative skills and literacy in the language, and indirectly to promote cognitive growth and divergent thinking.  It enables pupils to explore a wider social and intellectual environment, and to encounter different ways of looking at the world. 

Learning a language offers students the opportunity to: 

• use the language to communicate with its speakers 
• understand how language operates as a system and, through comparison, how other languages, including 
• English, are structured and function 
• gain insights into the culture or cultures which give the language its life and meaning 
• consider their own culture, and compare it with the cultures of countries and communities where the 
• language is spoken 
• add to their general knowledge 
• enhance their vocational prospects