Step 7 of 20 · Stage 4, Core domains
35% through the syllabus
Education
School enrolment, parent–teacher meetings and special-needs support.
19 lessons · 17 dialogues · 1 vocabulary deck · 1 mock test · 3h 56m · 1 free to try
After this step you can
- Interpret enrolments, parent–teacher meetings and special-needs planning
- Handle Australian school terminology that has no direct Tamil equivalent
- Keep a parent's emotional register without editorialising
Watch out for
Australian-specific names — NAPLAN, ATAR, TAFE. Carry the name and let the speaker's own explanation do the work.
Before you start: finish Step 6 · Banking & Finance. Nothing is locked, but the path is ordered for a reason.
What's inside, in order
19 lessons across 2 units, easiest first.
Warm-ups
Short, gentle warm-up dialogues to build your confidence before the full settings.
- Try free →Warm-up: A Quick Word at Drop-offFreePractice dialogue · 3 min
Your very first, super-friendly school reps: a quick morning word with the teacher about uniform and lunch — short, calm, and easy to win.
- Unlock →Easy: The Excursion Permission NotePractice dialogue · 3 min
A short, real exchange about a school excursion permission note — one clear topic, plain words, and two easy questions to interpret both ways.
- Unlock →Building up: How She's Settling InPractice dialogue · 4 min
A gentle parent–teacher check-in on how the child is settling in — near test length, warm and reassuring, and a smooth bridge into the full dialogues.
Education
School enrolment, parent–teacher meetings and special-needs support.
- Unlock →Education vocabularyVocabulary deck · 8 min
The high-value English ↔ Tamil terms for this domain.
- Unlock →Primary School Enrolment: Zoning, Immunisation and FeesPractice dialogue · 14 min
A Tamil-speaking mother visits a public primary school in the outer suburbs to enrol her daughter into Year Three. The enrolment officer explains the local zone and proof-of-address requirement, the Australian immunisation record, the school uniform, and the voluntary financial contribution, while the mother raises concerns about costs and her daughter's limited English.
- Unlock →Parent-Teacher Interview: Progress, Homework and BehaviourPractice dialogue · 14 min
At a scheduled parent-teacher interview, a Year Five classroom teacher discusses a boy's improving reading but missing homework with his Tamil-speaking father. They cover the school's online portal, the father's limited English and the offer of a free interpreter, and concerns about screen time affecting the boy's concentration in class.
- Unlock →Learning Support: Assessment, Dyslexia and an Education PlanPractice dialogue · 14 min
A school learning-support coordinator meets a Tamil-speaking mother to share the results of an educational assessment showing her son has dyslexia. They discuss what the diagnosis does and does not mean, parental guilt and the bilingual-home myth, integration in the mainstream classroom, an Individual Education Plan, and a teacher's aide.
- Unlock →University Offer: HECS-HELP, Scholarships and FeesPractice dialogue · 14 min
A university student advisor meets a Tamil-speaking school leaver who has received an offer for a Bachelor of Nursing. The advisor explains domestic-student fees, the income-contingent HECS-HELP loan, an equity scholarship and part-time study, while the student worries about debt, his low-income family and his ATAR.
- Unlock →Bullying Incident: Wellbeing, School Response and EscalationPractice dialogue · 14 min
A deputy principal meets a Tamil-speaking mother after her son reported being teased about the Tamil food in his lunchbox and pushed in the schoolyard. They discuss the school's response, the mother's fear of retaliation, the family's threat to involve the police, the range of consequences under the behaviour policy, and supporting the boy's confidence.
- Unlock →TAFE Pathway: Apprenticeship, English and Recognition of Prior LearningPractice dialogue · 14 min
A TAFE pathways advisor meets a skilled Tamil-speaking migrant who worked as an electrician in India and cannot find work without an Australian licence. They discuss Recognition of Prior Learning, the Adult Migrant English Program, fees and subsidies for permanent residents, and an adult apprenticeship where he can earn while completing his training.
- Unlock →Year 9 Suspension and Right of ReviewPractice dialogue · 14 min
A deputy principal tells a Tamil-speaking father that his Year 9 son has a ten-day suspension for a schoolyard fight, explains the re-entry meeting and behaviour support plan, and sets out the seven-day right to seek a review through the Department of Education.
- Unlock →Building An Individual Education Plan After An Autism DiagnosisPractice dialogue · 14 min
A learning and wellbeing coordinator meets a Tamil-speaking mother to build an Individual Education Plan for her recently autism-diagnosed 7-year-old, explaining the NCCD 'substantial' adjustment level, on-site NDIS-funded speech therapy, eight weekly hours of teacher's aide support, and the plan's review date.
- Unlock →Enrolling A Three-Year-Old In Funded KinderPractice dialogue · 14 min
A kindergarten centre director enrols a Tamil family's three-year-old and explains the Child Care Subsidy, the activity test, 15 hours of free kinder, the $95 daily fee and the 'No Jab, No Play' immunisation requirement.
- Unlock →Year 5 NAPLAN Report And Selective School ApplicationPractice dialogue · 14 min
A school counsellor shows a Tamil-speaking parent her daughter's Year 5 NAPLAN report, explains the top Exceeding band in numeracy and reading, and recommends applying for an Opportunity Class and selective high school placement test, outlining the online deadline, test format and supporting portfolio.
- Unlock →Choosing Senior Subjects For A Pharmacy PathwayPractice dialogue · 14 min
A careers adviser helps a Year 10 student and his Tamil-speaking mother choose senior subjects, explaining pharmacy prerequisites, subject scaling and the ATAR, the limits of Standard English, and a VET Certificate III in Business as a backup pathway.
- Unlock →Intensive English Centre: Assessment and Transition PlanPractice dialogue · 14 min
An EAL/D teacher at an Intensive English Centre meets the parents of a newly arrived 13-year-old boy on a humanitarian visa to explain his beginner-level English assessment, the three-to-four-term program before he moves to a mainstream high school, and the bilingual aide and homework club support available.
- Unlock →Year 6 Overnight Camp: Cost, Activities And A Nut-Allergy Action PlanPractice dialogue · 14 min
A Year 6 classroom teacher briefs a Tamil-speaking father on a three-day overnight camp costing $420, its high-ropes and canoeing activities, the medical and dietary form declaring his son's severe nut allergy and EpiPen, the required ASCIA anaphylaxis action plan, and the signed consent and payment deadline.
- Unlock →School Fee Arrears And Bursary ApplicationPractice dialogue · 14 min
A school business manager meets a Tamil-speaking mother who has fallen $1,850 behind on tuition after her husband's job loss, and arranges a fee concession, bursary application and a fortnightly direct-debit plan while assuring her the child will not be withdrawn.
- Unlock →Education mock testMock test · 22 min
A two-dialogue mock drawn from Education under exam conditions — marked out of 90.
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