What facilities are in place for New Arrival Students?
Australian Islamic College is a multi-national College with many students from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. It is recognized that different populations of students have different needs and for many, English is not their first language. In response, the college has developed an ESL (English as a Second Language) program to build in all its students strong “academic literacy” in the English language. Students being promoted form our New Arrival and intensive English classes can easily settle into the mainstream classroom environment. This is achieved by a gradual transition from intensive English to mainstream classes. Students learn all conventional subjects as well as the English of the classroom in the context of finding out more about their role in a “God centered” Australian society. Students are promoted to mainstream from intensive language groups through a gradual transition. This transition involves several stages. Stage 1 involves exposure to the classroom
