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Notre Dame: English Language

Each VCE subject has it's own page with past trial exams, study design, and supporting materials for study purposes.

VCAA

VCE English Language Study Design
Accreditation Period 2016 - 2023

VCAA Exams and Reports

English Language exams and reports
The LRC has copies of previous exams if you would like to photocopy.

Clickview

Podcasts

Word for Word Macquarie Dictionary Australia
Talk the Talk A weekly show about linguistics, the science of language (Perth, Australia)
The Expressionist This podcasts digs up dirt on common, and not so common sayings
Lexicon Valley A podcast about language, pet peeves to syntax
The World in Words Stories about languages and the people who speak them.
Very Bad Words Very Bad Words is a podcast created by producer Matt Fidler about our complex relationship with swearing and taboo language.
The History of English The spoken history of a global language
The Allusionist A podcast about language by Helen Zaltzman
Linguistics Podcast This website has a range of different podcasts.

TED

How language transformed humanity

How language shapes the way we think

What our language habits reveal

Videos

David Crystal on Texting (S1E2 of It's Only a Theory)

War of Words - UK

ATAR Notes Lecture

VCE English Language Units 3&4 | Free ATAR Notes Lecture | April 2020

Quiz

Test Your Knowledge

How did English Evolve? - Kate Gargoqui

The History of English in Ten Minutes

School House Rock

Grammar - Conjunction Junction Music Video

Grammer - The Tale Of Mr. Morton - Schoolhouse Rock - Subjects and Predicates

Grammer - A Noun Is A Person, Place Or Thing - Schoolhouse Rock

Schoolhouse Rock: Unpack Your Adjectives Music Video

How to Talk Australians Series

Language Acquisition

Theories of language development: Nativist, learning, interactionist | MCAT | Khan Academy

Language Acquisition Theories

Steven Pinker on How Children Learn Language

Noam Chomsky on Language Aquisition

The Cambridge Encyclopedia

David Crystal Collection
Here you can access audio files, links, quizzes, diagrams, interviews and blog posts.

VCE English Language Videos

Atar Notes offer tips for exams from students that have previously completed VCE.

Language Acquisition

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