English

English (Standard) is designed for students to increase their expertise in English to enhance their personal, educational, social and vocational lives.

The English Standard course provides students with the opportunity to analyse, study and enjoy a breadth and variety of English texts to become confident and effective communicators.

English Advanced is designed for students who have a particular interest and ability in the subject and who desire to engage with challenging learning experiences that will enrich their personal, intellectual, academic, social and vocational lives.

They study challenging written, spoken, visual, multimodal and digital texts that represent and reflect a changing global world.

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.

English Extension 1 provides students who undertake Advanced English and are accomplished in their use of English with the opportunity to extend their use of language and self-expression in creative and critical ways.

English Extension 2 consists of a Major Work undertaken over 60 indicative hours of study. This course provides students with the opportunity to apply and extend research skills developed in the English Extension Year 11 course to their own extensive investigation and develop autonomy and skills as a learner and composer. English Extension 2 develops independent and collaborative learning skills and higher-order critical thinking that are essential at tertiary levels of study and in the workplace. The course is designed for students who are independent learners with an interest in literature and a desire to pursue specialised study of English.