Stage 1 – Essential English (Year 11)

SACE Credits

10 per semester

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Does this subject include an exam?

No

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Prerequisite(s)

Successful completion of Year 10 English or equivalent.

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Course Content

Students will undertake learning and assessment in the following areas:

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Responding to Text Types such as:

Film
Website
Advertisement
Short Story
Creating Text Types such as:

Narrative
Workplace text
Descriptive writing
Informative text

Learning Requirements

In this subject, students are expected to:

develop communication skills through reading, viewing, writing, listening, and speaking
comprehend information, ideas, and perspectives in texts selected from social, cultural, community, workplace, and/or imagined contexts
identify and analyse how the structure and language of texts varies for different purposes, audiences, and contexts
express information, ideas, and perspectives using a range of textual conventions
create oral, written, and/or multimodal texts appropriate for purpose and audience in real and/or imagined contexts.

Pathways

Students can study Essential English at Stage 2 level. Essential English is a useful preparation for all courses, especially Arts and Humanities at tertiary level and for TAFE studies, as well as providing preparation for effective communication in the workplace.

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