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Category B - NON ATAR
Units: 2
Prerequisites: N/A
This course is best suited to students who do not require an ATAR. It helps students to acquire a level of proficiency in the more practical areas of English.
Exclusions: English Standard, English Advanced, English Extension
English Studies is designed for students who wish to refine their skills and knowledge in English and consolidate their English literacy skills to enhance their personal, social, educational and vocational lives. It is a course for students who wish to be awarded a Higher School Certificate, but who are seeking an alternative to the English Standard Course.
The English Studies course is a Category B Subject - students may opt into the HSC Examination, and depending on their pattern of study, may be eligible for an ATAR.
Modules for Year 11:
- Mandatory module – Achieving through English: English in Education, Work and Community
In Year 11 students are required to:
- Read, view, listen to and compose a wide range of texts including print and multimodal texts
- Study at least one substantial print text (for example film or a television series)
Across Stage 6 the selection of texts must give students experiences of the following as appropriate:
- Reading, viewing, listening to and composing a wide range of literature
- Reading, viewing, listening to and composing a wide range of texts, including literary texts written about intercultural experiences and peoples and cultures of Asia
- Australian texts including texts by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander authors and those that give insights into diverse experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Texts with a wide range of cultural, social and gender perspectives, popular and youth cultures
- A range of types of texts drawn from prose fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, film, media and digital texts
In Year 11 students are required to:
- Be involved in planning, research and presentation activities as part of one individual and/or collaborative project
- Develop a portfolio of texts they have planned, drafted, edited and presented in written, graphic and/or electronic forms across all the modules undertaken during the year
- Engage with the community through avenues for example visits, surveys, interviews, work experience, listening to guest speakers and/or excursions
Modules for HSC:
- Mandatory module – Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences
An additional 2-4 modules to be studied.
In Year 12 students will also be required to:
- Study ONE text from the prescribed text list and one related text for the Common Module – Texts and Human Experiences
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