Year: 11 (Stage 1) – Elective
Length: Full Year (20 SACE Credits)
Contact Person: Karen Slattery
Content: This subject focuses on the development of students’ skills in communication, comprehension, language and text analysis, and creating texts. In this subject, students are expected to:
- Develop communication skills through reading, viewing, writing, listening, and speaking.
- Comprehend information, ideas, and perspectives in texts selected from social, cultural, community, workplace, and/or imagined contexts.
- Identify and analyse how the structure and language of texts varies for different purposes, audiences, and contexts.
- Express information, ideas, and perspectives using a range of textual conventions.
- Create oral, written, and/or multimodal texts appropriate for purpose and audience in real and/or imagined contexts.
SACE requires all students to undertake a 2-unit sequence in English or Essential English at Stage 1. All students will complete 1 unit of English in both semesters. Students must achieve a C grade or better in order to meet the compulsory requirements of the SACE.
Successful completion of two units of Stage 1 Essential English will prepare students for Stage 2 Essential English. Successful completion of one unit each of General English and Essential English at Stage 1 will prepare students for Stage 2 Essential English or Stage 2 English, depending on teacher recommendation.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards that outline the five levels of achievement reported within the A to E grade bands. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
- Assessment Type 1: Responding to Texts
- Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts