The Western Melbourne English Program
The Western Melbourne English Program (WMEP) offers foundation courses for students from non-English speaking and English speaking backgrounds.
Our English language and general education certificates are designed to improve your skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening and numeracy.
Skill development in each program also covers digital literacy.
Courses offered in the WMEP
English Preparation
- Course in Initial EAL 22636VIC
- Course in EAL 22637VIC
- Certificate I in EAL (Access) 22638VIC
- Certificate II in EAL (Access) 22639VIC
- Certificate III in EAL (Access) 22640VIC
- Certificate IV in EAL (Access) 22641VIC
- Certificate II in EAL (Employment) 22642VIC
- Certificate III in EAL (Employment) 22643VIC
- Certificate III in EAL (Further Study) 22645VIC
- Certificate IV in EAL (Further Study) 22646VIC
- Certificate IV in EAL (Employment/Professional) 22490VIC
Foundation studies
- Certificate I in General Education for Adults (Introductory) 22476VIC
- Certificate I in General Education For Adults 22472VIC
- Certificate II in General Education for Adults 22473VIC
- Certificate III in General Education For Adults 22474VIC
Australian Defence Force Preparation Program
Offered only at VU, this course delivers an alternative pathway into the Australian Defence Force, for candidates who:
- did not complete Year 10
- do not have evidence of their educational achievement.
On completing the program you will have gained the reading, writing and mathematics skills required to successfully sit the Alternative Education Equivalence Scheme (AEES) examinations.
22473VIC Certificate II in General Education for Adults
| VU22415 | Engage with a range of complex texts for employment purposes |
| VU22414 | Engage with a range of complex texts for learning purposes |
| VU22420 | Create a range of complex texts to participate in the workplace |
| VU22419 | Create a range of complex texts for learning purposes |
| VU22422 | Investigate and interpret shapes and measurement and related formulae |
| VU22424 | Investigate and use simple mathematical formulae and problem solving techniques |
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Get help with your application
Visit us Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm, to get help applying for your English course.
Australian applicants, please bring:
- Australian birth certificate
- Australian passport
- Medicare card (green)
- Australian citizenship certificate.
Non-Australian applicants, please bring:
- New Zealand passport
- Australian visa (in passport)
- ImmiCard
- current concession card.
Footscray Nicholson Campus
Building D, Level 4, Room D411
Footscray Nicholson Campus
Phone: +61 3 9919 8748
St Albans Campus
Building 10, Room 10.214
St Albans Campus
Phone: +61 3 9919 2924
Sunshine Campus
Building W, Room W1111
Sunshine Campus
Phone: +61 3 9919 7211
Werribee Campus
Building 1A, Room 1A144 / 1A155
Werribee Campus
Phone: +61 3 9919 7521
