ESL Framework—elective topics Australian Environment

Australian Environment (Cert 4)

Elementary

Easy News

Cane Toads
The European Wasp
2003 International Year of Freshwater
NSW bush fires (9 Dec 2002)
Bushfires Introduction
Speed of bushfires
Elementary - Past stories
Bushfires in the United States (20 August 2001)

RealWeb—CSWE

Herdsman Lake Regional Park
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Can read a short information text
Point Cook Coastal Park
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module H LO1 Can read a short information text
A thank-you letter
Developing and Intermediate CSWE 3
Module B - LO2 Can write an informal letter or email
Animals of the Night
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module H LO1 Can read a short information text
Australian animals - gliders
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module H LO1 Can read a short information text
Come and visit the animals
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module H LO1 Can read a short information text
Dingoes
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module H LO1 Can read a short information text
Last weekend Tim went to the Healesville Sanctuary.
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module B LO3 Can write a short recount
Pelicans
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module H LO1 Can read a short information text
Platypuses
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module H LO1 Can read a short information text
Sea Dragons
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module H LO1 Can read a short information text
The Hairy-nosed Wombat
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module H LO1 Can read a short information text
The koala and the dingo
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module H LO2 Can write a short information report
Wombats
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module H LO1 Can read a short information text
Wombats
Post Beginner CSWE 2
Module H LO2 Can write a short information report

Intermediate

Easy News

Pests that threaten Australia
The European Rabbit
Northern Pacific Seastar
The Giant African Snail
2003 International Year of Freshwater
Protecting Waterways and the Murray River
Recycling in Australia
Australia's worst bushfires
Bushfires Introduction
Intermediate - Past stories
Park rangers die in Sydney bushfire (12 June 2000)

RealWeb—CSWE

Visiting Wilsons Promontory
Developing and Intermediate CSWE 3
Module G - LO2 Can deliver a short oral presentation
A tourist destination
Developing and Intermediate CSWE 3
Module G - LO2 Can deliver a short oral presentation
Phillip Island's Penguins
Developing and Intermediate CSWE 3
Module G - LO2 Can deliver a short oral presentation
Spot the difference:Two Kangaroos
Developing and Intermediate CSWE 3
Module G - LO2 Can deliver a short oral presentation
The Dingo
Developing and Intermediate CSWE 3
Module G - LO2 Can deliver a short oral presentation
The Healesville Sanctuary
Developing and Intermediate CSWE 3
Module G - LO2 Can deliver a short oral presentation
The Koala
Developing and Intermediate CSWE 3
Module G - LO2 Can deliver a short oral presentation
The short-beaked echidna
Developing and Intermediate CSWE 3
Module G - LO2 Can deliver a short oral presentation

RealWeb—EFL

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Intermediate
Reading
Global climate change 1
Intermediate
Reading Maps Graphs and Tables
Global Climate Change 2
Intermediate
Reading
Kosciuszko National Park
Intermediate
Reading
Recycling paper
Intermediate
Reading
Recycling steel
Intermediate
Reading
The Greenhouse Effect
Upper Intermediate
Writing – Process
Ecosystems
Upper Intermediate
Reading

Advanced

Easy News

Pests that threaten Australia
The European Rabbit
Cane Toads
Diseases, prohibited imports and quarantine
Northern Pacific Seastar
The European Wasp
Logging, wood chipping and protection of forests
Protection of the land and salinity
Recycling in Australia
Bushfires - who's to blame?
Forrest undergrowth contributes to bushfires
National Parks and Bushfires
Advanced - Past stories
Australian authorities warn on dangerous European wasps (14 April 2002
NSW bush fires (9 December 2002)

RealWeb—CSWE

AMES Virtual ILC programs

Programs have not been directly linked to the Framework. The (crude) rule of thumb is:

VILC categories

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Framework

Elementary / = / Certificate 1/2
Intermediate / = / Late Certificate 2/3
Advanced / = / Certificate 3/4

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