Stage 1 General English
Stage 1 – General English (Year 11)
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SACE Credits
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10 per semester
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Does this subject include an exam?
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No
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Prerequisite(s)
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Successful completion of Year 10 English or equivalent.
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Course Content
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Students will undertake learning and assessment in the following areas:
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Responding to Text Types such as:
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Novel
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Film
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Poetry
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Creating Text Types such as:
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Narrative
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Spoken word poetry performance
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Descriptive writing
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An intertextual study including a comparison of two texts such as a novel and film.
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Learning Requirements
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In this subject, students are expected to:
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develop communication skills through reading, viewing, writing, listening, and speaking
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comprehend information, ideas, and perspectives in texts selected from social, cultural, community, workplace, and/or imagined contexts
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identify and analyse how the structure and language of texts varies for different purposes, audiences, and contexts
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express information, ideas, and perspectives using a range of textual conventions
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create oral, written, and/or multimodal texts appropriate for purpose and audience in real and/or imagined contexts.
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Pathways
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Students can study either English or English Literature Studies (if they achieve A grade in Stage 1 English) at Stage 2 level. English can be used for admission to any university course. It is a very useful preparation for all courses, especially Arts, Humanities and Law at tertiary level and for TAFE studies.
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