SACE Stage 2 - Essential English ( Year 12)

 

SACE Credits

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20

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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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Minimum of C grade in Stage 1 English or B grade in Stage 1 Essential English required.

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Course Content

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Students will undertake three content areas:

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Responding to Texts such as:

• Song Lyrics

• Short Story

• Film

Creating texts such as:

• Instructional Text

• Advocacy Text

• Exposition (Advertisement)

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Language Study:

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• The language study focuses on the use of language by people in a context outside of the classroom.

Learning Requirements

In this subject, students are expected to:

• extend communication skills through reading, viewing, writing, listening, and speaking

• consider and respond to information, ideas, and perspectives in texts selected from social, cultural, community, workplace, and/or imaginative contexts

• examine the effect of language choices, conventions, and stylistic features in a range of texts for different audiences

• analyse the role of language in supporting effective communication

• create oral, written, and multimodal texts that communicate information, ideas, and perspectives for a range of purposes.

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Pathways

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Essential English can be used for admission to any university course and it is useful preparation for the workplace or TAFE studies.

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Learn more about SACE STAGE TWO