Studying with the VSL

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This page explains getting started with your study at Victorian School of Languages.

• Your Teacher
• The VSL Online Course page
• How to set your password
• Printed support material
• MS Teams
• Oral lessons
• Seminars/Webinars
• VCE School-Assessed Tasks
• School Policies
• Support for parents/carers

Your Teacher:

At the beginning of Term 1, your teacher will contact you directly to introduce her/himself and explain in more detail the course requirements.

NOTE: Your teacher may change early in Term 1 when enrolments are finalised.

The VSL Online Course page:

The VSL Online courses web page is the primary resource for your study. It includes:

• practice activities
• activities for submission
• reading and listening texts
• grammar notes

VSL Courses login page: http://courses.languages.vic.edu.au/webapp/index.aspx. Bookmark this page.

NOTE: You cannot use a phone to login to the VSL Courses page. You must use a desktop, laptop or tablet.

How to set your password

For security reasons passwords cannot be emailed to students. Instead you must set your own password. Click on the link below and follow the steps:

Password set/reset page (https://courses.languages.vic.edu.au/password_reset)

NOTE:

• When setting your password you must use the email registered with the VSL
• To change the email registered with the VSL contact: help@vsl.vic.edu.au
• Passwords cannot be retreived, only reset using the link above
• For other enrolment queries contact VSL Enrolment Officer on 03 9474 0532 or sibelb@vsl.vic.edu.au

Printed support material

You will also receive supporting printed books to be used in conjunction with the VSL Online course page. This includes:

• Notes booklet: key reading texts, grammar notes, vocabulary lists and other useful information
• Oral Lesson Booklet: You will need to have this with you when you complete your Oral Lessons with your teacher
• Writing Booklet (Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Vietnamese) Contains all handwritten activities.

These are sent twice a year, and will be mailed to your school at the beginning of each semester. See your VSL supervisor to collect these books.

NOTE: You can access the PDFs of your course materials in the Resource Library in the VSL Course page. You may download a copy and print out the Worksets you need.

MS Teams

At the VSL we use MS Teams as a classroom space. Your teacher will post useful information there, you may also do group work with other students and take part in group webinars.

NOTE: You teacher will send you the necessary details about Teams.

For general information about Teams see: VSL MS Teams Parent Information.pdf

Oral lessons

• Usually conducted fortnightly by video call
• Contact your teacher at the beginning of the school year to organise a regular time for your Oral Lesson

Seminars/Webinars

For VCE courses, several face-to-face seminars or online webinars are conducted through the year. These are a great opportunity to:

• Meet your teachers and fellow Distance Education students
• Learn about the requirements of a VCE Languages course and get advice as to how to achieve the best results. Practise for Assessment Tasks, take part in grammar and conversation workshops.
• Seminar/Webinar details will be made available at the start of term.

VCE School-Assessed Tasks

• As with all VCE subjects, formal assessment tasks must be completed under supervision at your school.
• Materials for your assessment will be sent to your VSL supervisor at your home school.

School policies

• Distance Education: Late or Non-completion of Work Protocol
• Go to this page for all other school policies:
  https://www.vsl.vic.edu.au/Content/AboutUs/Policies.aspx

Support for parents/carers

The VSL provides the following support for parents/carers:

• Student progress page: Early in Term 1, parents/carers will be emailed login details to the View Student Progress page. This page provides an overview of each student’s progress in weekly written / spoken work and VCE assessments where applicable.
• Parent/carer information evenings: Held online in the first few weeks of Term 1, these sessions give parents/carers the opportunity to meet teachers who will give an overview of studying with the VSL. Teachers will contact parents with details early in Term 1.
• Parent/carer teacher interviews: Conducted online twice a year: Late March and August.

Modes of delivery

VSL Distance Education courses have different modes of delivery.