English Advanced

Prerequisite 

This course cannot be taken with English Advanced or English Standard.

Course Description

English Studies is designed to support students in developing proficiency in English to enhance their personal, social and vocational lives. It offers a comprehensive language experience that is reflected in the modes of reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and representing. 

The course provides students with the opportunity to become more confident and effective communicators and to enjoy a breadth and variety of texts in English. Students explore the ideas, values, language forms, features and structures of texts in a range of personal, social, cultural and workplace contexts.

For whom is this subject intended

This course should be considered by those students who do not need an ATAR.

Main Topics Covered

Year 11 course 

Mandatory module – Achieving through English: English in education, work and community (30-40 hours)

An additional 2-4 modules to be studied (20-30 hours each)

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 a novel, biography or drama)

●        study at least one substantial multimodal text (for example film or a television series)

●        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.

HSC course

Mandatory module – Text and Human Experience (30 hours)

An additional 2-4 modules to be studied (20-45 hours each)

In Year 12 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.

Particular Course Requirements

For the Year 12 English Studies course:

●        students complete the Year 11 course as a prerequisite 

●        students complete 120 indicative hours

●        complete the mandatory common module – Texts and human experiences as the first unit of work

●        students complete an additional 2–4 modules from the elective modules provided (1 may be school-designed) considering factors such as students’ needs, interests, abilities, choices of other Year 11 and Year 12 courses, career aspirations and personal circumstances

●        school-designed modules should be based on the framework of the modules outlined in this syllabus

In each of the Preliminary and HSC years students are required to: 

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 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 text drawn from prose fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, film, media and digital texts.