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<p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The address for this position
paper is </span></a><a href="http://www.acara.edu.au/position_papers.html"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://www.acara.edu.au/position_papers.html</span></a><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> for
those not on the Edumail list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Mary Mason<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Director of Teaching and Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>03 52263157<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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english-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Jenny Gilbert<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 9 September 2009 9:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'VCE English Teachers' Mailing List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [English] National Curriculum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Unfortunately as i am not in the government system I cannot see
it – it requires edumail login. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Jen Gilbert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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english-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Reynolds, Gail G<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 7 September 2009 1:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> VCE English Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [English] National Curriculum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><br>
Those of you who are VCAA English Assessors will already have seen this
letter from Marion Meiers, which was forwarded through the English Assessors
Association. However, with Marion's permission, I am forwarding it to
the list because if we don't raise our voices, we may be lumbered with whatever
the committee "designs".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt'>I am contacting
you to ask if you would please ask all members of the<br>
English assessors' association to respond to the position paper on the<br>
Senior Years Curriculum which is currently open for consultation. This<br>
paper has been developed by ACARA (the Australian Curriculum, Assessment<br>
and Reporting Authority) which is responsible for developing the<br>
national curriculum.<br>
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Here's the link to the paper, which is just titled 'position paper':<br>
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</span><span lang=EN-AU><a
href="https://www.edumail.vic.gov.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.acara.edu.au/position_papers.html"
target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.acara.edu.au/position_papers.html</span></a><br>
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</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt'>Responses are due by 30
September. There are some major concerns about<br>
this as I think you will see when you read the section on English. The<br>
more responses that ACARA receives, the better. I think the assessors'<br>
association is a very good group to respond - as individuals and perhaps<br>
even as a group. Individual members could also prompt discussion and<br>
responses from colleagues. It is very important at this stage to express<br>
the views of the profession who teach and have long experience of senior<br>
years courses.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Marion<br>
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Marion Meiers<br>
Senior Research Fellow<br>
Australian Council for Educational Research<br>
t +61 3 9277 5478<br>
e <a href="mailto:meiers@acer.edu.au">meiers@acer.edu.au</a></span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>I can see a range of issues with the
suggestions in the position paper which (broadly speaking) include: the lack of
an English Language subject equivelent; the potential narrowness of the course
for those students who need literacy support; the possible removal of the
overlap between ESL and English courses (hands up all those who have had
an ESL student or two in their mainstream classes! Will these students be
forced into doing mainstream English?) etc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Without wishing to appear to be a
conspiracy theorist, I am also concerned that the Position Paper is so scanty
when it comes to detail, that it has been designed to limit opposition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>If you haven't done so, have a look at the
Position paper (link above in Marion's letter) and consider adding your voice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Gail<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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