English Studies
Course Description:
This course is designed to meet the specific needs of students who wish to refine their skills and knowledge in English and consolidate their literacy skills. The English Studies course provides students with opportunities to become competent, confident and engaged communicators and to study and enjoy a breadth and variety of texts. Students explore the ideas, values, language forms, features and structures of texts in a range of personal, social, cultural, academic, community and workplace contexts. Through responding to and composing texts students strengthen their ability to access and comprehend information, assess its reliability, and synthesise the knowledge gained from a range of sources for a variety of purposes.
Contact: sarah.mcgregor13@det.nsw.edu.au
Careers associated with English Studies:
Media Representative, Service and Hospitality Industry Workers, Public Relations Officer, Teacher, Playwright.