Adult Migrant English Program

Pathways Guidance

From your first registration appointment until your final study hours, AMEP counsellors and teachers will offer pathways guidance to help you choose learning goals, understand your study options and to achieve your education and work goals.

You will meet with a counsellor when you first register in the AMEP and discuss how the program can help you meet your goals. You will also meet when your study hours are almost completed and the counsellor can help you consider your future options and what is best to do next.

AMEP English Language Tuition Entitlement

AMEP eligible people have a legislated entitlement to free English Language tuition. During your time at AMEP you will be studying one or more of the following qualifications depending on your level of English when you enter the program.

• 10725NAT Course in Spoken and Written English (PreCSWE)
  A foundation course for learners who have no or limited formal schooling, no or limited English and who may not have literacy skills in their first language. It aims to develop entry level ACSF competencies in learning, reading, writing and oral communication.
• 10727NAT Certificate I in Spoken and Written English (CSWE1)
  An elementary level course for learners who have just started learning English and who have minimal reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Primarily targeting newly arrived migrants and refugees, the course is designed to develop language skills from ACSF level PLB, to participate in a limited range of contexts.
  
• 10728NAT Certificate II in Spoken and Written English (CSWE2)
  An intermediate level course for learners for whom English is an additional language. It begins to develop English language competencies of learning, reading, writing and oral communication from ACSF level 2, targeting newly arrived migrants and refugees who need English language skills to participate in a limited range of social, educational and vocational contexts.
• 10729NAT Certificate III in Spoken and Written English (CSWE 3)
  An upper intermediate course for learners for whom English is an additional language.  It further develops social, educational and vocational goals and develop competencies in learning, reading, writing and oral communication from ACSF level 2 to 3, encouraging effective functioning within the Australian community.  It can prepare students for work and develop skills for further study.

Special AMEP sub-programs

AMEP also has additional programs to help eligible students with extra English language study hours or bridging into employment or further training.

SPP: Special Preparatory Program

If you came to Australia on a humanitarian visa, the SPP may give you extra study hours to help you with your English and settlement needs.

Settlement Language Pathways to Employment and Training Program (SLPET)

The SLPET Program provides eligible students with introductory training for a range of jobs and working environments.  It combines employment-targeted study and English language support with the aim of preparing students successfully for a work placement and to begin job-seeking.

Am I Eligible?

You may be eligible for the AMEP if you are a permanent resident of Australia or you hold an eligible temporary visa or did so on arrival.