Stage 2 Essential English

LENGTH: Full year

SACE CREDITS: 20 credits

KEY CONTACT: Sharmaine Mills

RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND: Successful completion of Stage 1 Essential English or Stage 1 English.

COURSE CONTENT:
Stage 2 Essential English is well suited to students who enjoy exploring how language and literature works in different contexts and are looking to develop clear, purposeful communication for a range of audiences.

In Stage 2 Essential English students respond to and create texts in and for a range of personal, social, cultural, community, and/or workplace contexts. Students will demonstrate how they understand and interpret information, ideas, and perspectives presented in texts and consider ways in which language choices and figurative language are used to create meaning. Students will consider how context and purpose shape authorial choices and influence audience responses to texts.

Texts that students may analyse include short stories, persuasive texts and films.

ASSESSMENT:
Assessment at Stage 2 is school based and external. The following assessment types enable students to demonstrate their learning.

Assessment types
1. Responding to texts
2. Creating texts
3. External – language study

SUBJECT COSTS: Nil