In NSW high schools, languages is a key learning area.
Language study allows students to develop communication skills, learn about languages as systems and explore the relationship between language and culture. Students engage with the linguistic and cultural diversity of societies and reflect on their understanding of social interactions.
The study of a language is compulsory for 100 hours in one continuous school year from Year 7 to Year 10, but preferably in Years 7 or 8.
In Years 11 and 12, NSW schools offer a wide variety of languages, catering for beginning students to background speakers.
Image: Mrs Esther Job is our Language teacher
While in Year 7, students at Parkes High School study French or German. They learn to use language and make linguistic connections through listening, reading and responding, writing and speaking. They also study the culture of the countries.
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