Languages Provision in Victorian Government Schools, 2017 CONTENTS Acronyms ..........................................................................................................................................................6 Preface ...............................................................................................................................................................7 1. Overview of Languages Education in 2017 ..........................................................................................8 Victorian Government Primary and Secondary Schools ................................................................................ 8 Languages Programs in Victorian Government Schools ............................................................................... 8 Trends in Languages Programs in Victorian Government Primary Schools (excluding VSL) ..................... 13 Trends in Languages Programs in Victorian Government Secondary Schools (excluding VSL) ................ 14 Long-term overview for Languages provision .............................................................................................. 15 Language Profiles......................................................................................................................................... 17 Italian ......................................................................................................................................................... 17 Chinese (Mandarin) ................................................................................................................................... 17 Japanese ................................................................................................................................................... 18 Indonesian ................................................................................................................................................. 18 French ....................................................................................................................................................... 19 Spanish ..................................................................................................................................................... 19 German ..................................................................................................................................................... 20 Auslan ....................................................................................................................................................... 20 Vietnamese ............................................................................................................................................... 21 Greek ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Korean ....................................................................................................................................................... 22 Aboriginal Languages ............................................................................................................................... 22 2. Summary of Findings .......................................................................................................................... 23 Victorian Government Primary Schools ....................................................................................................... 23 Schools ...................................................................................................................................................... 23 Students .................................................................................................................................................... 23 Languages taught ..................................................................................................................................... 23 Contact time .............................................................................................................................................. 24 Regional provision of Languages programs ............................................................................................. 24 Victorian Government Secondary Schools .................................................................................................. 24 Schools ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 Students .................................................................................................................................................... 24 Languages taught ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Languages study at the VCE level ............................................................................................................ 25 Contact time .............................................................................................................................................. 25 Regional provision of languages ............................................................................................................... 25 Melbourne July 18 ©State of Victoria (Department of Education and Training) 2017 The copyright in this document is owned by the State of Victoria (Department of Education and Training), or in the case of some materials, by third parties (third party materials). 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Authorised by the Department of Education and Training, 2 Treasury Place, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002 Teachers of Languages in Victorian Government Schools .......................................................................... 25 Designated Bilingual Programs in Victorian Government Schools .............................................................. 26 The Victorian School of Languages (VSL) ................................................................................................... 26 VSL distance education ............................................................................................................................ 26 Community Language Schools (CLS) .......................................................................................................... 26 3. Detailed Findings: Victorian Government Primary Schools ........................................................... 27 Schools ......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Students ....................................................................................................................................................... 29 Languages Taught........................................................................................................................................ 31 Contact Time ................................................................................................................................................ 34 Regional Provision of Languages Programs ................................................................................................ 35 4. Detailed findings: Victorian Government Secondary Schools ....................................................... 37 Schools ......................................................................................................................................................... 37 Students ....................................................................................................................................................... 39 Languages Taught........................................................................................................................................ 42 Retention rates .......................................................................................................................................... 44 VCE Languages Study ................................................................................................................................. 45 Snapshot of students who graduated from VCE in 2017 (students from Victorian government schools) and the languages studied ........................................................................................................................ 46 Contact Time ................................................................................................................................................ 47 Regional Provision of Languages ................................................................................................................. 48 5. Teachers of Languages in Victorian Government Schools ............................................................. 49 6. Designated Bilingual Programs in Victorian Government Schools ............................................... 51 7. The Victorian School of Languages (VSL) .......................................................................................