Studying with the VSL

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We can not see or send your password, you must set your own password. See details below.

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

Your Teacher
Printed material
The VSL Online Course page
How to set your password
Listening tracks
Submitting your weekly Work for Submission
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 as enrolments are finalised.

Printed material

A package of printed material will be posted to your home address at the begining of each term: This contains:

Coursebook

The printed Coursebook is the primary resource for your study. Divided into weekly Worksets, it includes teaching notes and explanations, reading texts and activities.

You should always start your weekly work here.

Work for Submission Booklet

You will also receive a printed copy of the Work for Submission Booklet.

This booklet is also divided into weekly worksets, each containing the activities to be submitted to you teacher for the week. These activities must be completed by handwriting your answers.

Each week, when you have completed all activities for the workset in your Work for Submission Booklet you will need to scan and save your work as a single PDF file and upload through the VSL course page. See the VSL course page for details.

Oral Lesson Booklet

Many courses also have a printed Oral Lesson Booklet. Your teacher will ask you to refer to this booklet during the fortnightly oral lesson.

If your course does not have a a seperate Oral Lesson booklet, activities for oral lessons will be included throughout your coursebook.

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.

The VSL Online Course page:

upload your completed Work For Submission
play listening tracks
access support documents in the Resources Library

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

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

Listening tracks

Many Worksets have Listening tracks. These can be played:

In your VSL course page
Go to the Listening Tracks tab in each Workset. It has a player for each track in this Workset.
On your phone/tablet
Play the Listening Tracks on your phone or tablet by opening the QR link on the cover of each Workset.

Submitting your weekly Work for Submission:

Handwrite your answers for each workset in your Work for Submssion Booklet.
Scan all pages using a multifunction printer or a scanning app. Scans must be saved as a single PDF.
Login to the VSL course page, go to Submission tab for the relevent workset and select and upload your scanned PDF.

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.

Your teacher will send you the necessary details about getting started in Teams at the beginning of the year.

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

Oral lessons

Usually conducted fortnightly by video call (using MS Teams)
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.

Interactive	Coursebook (handwritten Work for Submission)	Coursebook (handwritten or typed Work for Submission)
Chinese Years 7 - 8, Units 1 - 4 Chinese SLA Units 1 - 4 French Year 10, Units 1 - 4 German Years 9 - 10, Units 1 - 4 Hindi Units 1 - 4 Indonesian Years 9 - 10, Units 1 - 4 Italian Years 9 - 10, Units 1 - 4 Japanese Years 9 - 10, Units 1 - 4 Latin Units 1 - 4 Spanish Years 9 - 10, Units 1 - 4	Arabic Year 10, Units 1 - 4 Chinese Years 9 and 10 French Years 7 - 9 Greek Years 7 - 10, Units 1 - 4 Indonesian Years 7 - 8 Italian Years 7 - 8 Japanese Years 7 - 8 Punjabi Units 1 - 4 Spanish Years 7 - 8 Vietnamese Units 1 - 4	German Years 7 - 8 Latin Years 7 - 10 Acc 1 and Acc 2
See this Getting Started page	See this Getting Started page	See this Getting Started page