Students cannot enrol in VCE Units 3 & 4 Second Language courses for Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, or Vietnamese until they have confirmed their eligibility to study these languages as a Second Language. Eligibility must be confirmed with the VCAA through the student’s home school.
View your preferred study method (Face-to-Face, Distance Education) below to display the available languages and levels.
Face-to-Face Classes
Language
Foundation
Primary
Secondary
VCE
Accelerated
Albanian
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Amharic
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Arabic
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Bengali
No
No
No
Yes
No
Bosnian
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Bulgarian
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Burmese
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Chin (Falam)
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Chin (Hakha)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Chinese – Cantonese
No
Yes
No
No
No
Chinese – Mandarin FL
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Chinese – Mandarin SL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Chinese – Mandarin SLA
No
No
No
Yes
No
Chinese – Mandarin (Traditional – Guoyu)
No
Yes
No
No
No
Chinese Language, Culture and Society
No
No
No
Yes
No
Croatian
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Dari
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Dutch
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Filipino (Tagalog)
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
French
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
German
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Greek
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Gujarati
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Hebrew
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Hindi
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Hungarian
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Indonesian SL
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Italian
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Japanese FL
No
No
No
Yes
No
Japanese SL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Kannada
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Karen
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Khmer
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Korean
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Macedonian
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Malayalam
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mizo
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Pashto
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Persian
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Polish
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Portuguese
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Punjabi
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Romanian
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Russian
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Serbian
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sinhala
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Spanish
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Tamil
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Telugu
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Thai
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Turkish
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Urdu
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Vietnamese FL
No
No
No
Yes
No
Vietnamese SL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Zomi
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Albanian
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Amharic
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Arabic
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Bengali
Foundation. No
Primary. No
Secondary. No
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Bosnian
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Bulgarian
Foundation. No
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Burmese
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Chin (Falam)
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Chin (Hakha)
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Chinese – Cantonese
Foundation. No
Primary. Yes
Secondary. No
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Chinese – Mandarin FL
Foundation. No
Primary. No
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Chinese – Mandarin SL
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Chinese – Mandarin SLA
Foundation. No
Primary. No
Secondary. No
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Croatian
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Chinese Language, Culture and Society
Foundation. No
Primary. No
Secondary. No
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Chinese – Mandarin (Traditional – Guoyu)
Foundation. No
Primary. Yes
Secondary. No
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Dari
Foundation. No
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Dutch
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Filipino (Tagalog)
Foundation. No
Primary. No
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
French
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
German
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Greek
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Gujarati
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Hebrew
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Hindi
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Hungarian
Foundation. No
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Indonesian SL
Foundation. No
Primary. No
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Italian
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Japanese FL
Foundation. No
Primary. No
Secondary. No
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Japanese SL
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Kannada
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Karen
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Khmer
Foundation. No
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Korean
Foundation. No
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Macedonian
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Malayalam
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Mizo
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Pashto
Foundation. No
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Pashto
Foundation. No
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Persian
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Polish
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Portuguese
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Punjabi
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Romanian
Foundation. No
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Russian
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Serbian
Foundation. No
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Sinhala
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Spanish
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Tamil
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Telugu
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Thai
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Turkish
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Urdu
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Vietnamese FL
Foundation. No
Primary. No
Secondary. No
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Vietnamese SL
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Zomi
Foundation. Yes
Primary. Yes
Secondary. Yes
VCE. No
Accelerated. No
Distance Education
Language
Foundation
Primary
Secondary
VCE
Accelerated
Arabic
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Chinese
Mandarin FL
No
No
No
Yes
No
Chinese
Mandarin SL
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Chinese
Mandarin SLA
No
No
No
Yes
No
French
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
German
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Greek
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Hindi
No
No
No
Yes
No
Indonesian FL
No
No
No
Yes
No
Indonesian SL
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Italian
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Japanese FL
No
No
No
Yes
No
Japanese SL
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Latin
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Punjabi
No
No
No
Yes
No
Spanish
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Vietnamese SL
No
No
No
Yes
No
Arabic
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Chinese Mandarin FL
Secondary. No
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Chinese Mandarin SL
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Chinese Mandarin SLA
Secondary. No
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
French
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. Yes
German
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. Yes
Greek
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Hindi
Secondary. No
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Indonesian FL
Secondary. No
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Indonesian SL
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Italian
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. Yes
Japanese FL
Secondary. No
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Japanese SL
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Latin
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. Yes
Punjabi
Secondary. No
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Vietnamese SL
Secondary. No
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. No
Spanish
Secondary. Yes
VCE. Yes
Accelerated. Yes