Essential English

Course Length

Full Year

Compulsory or Choice

Compulsory

Level

Stage 1

Pre-requisites

Completion of Year 10 English

SACE Credits

20 credits

Course Overview

•   Using language in personal, social, every day and workplace settings.
•   Using language to explore and analyse ideas and perspectives in texts.
•   Using language to create a range of written, oral and multimodal texts.
•   Studied in semester 1 and 2.
•   Essential English is a compulsory part of the SACE and students must achieve a C or better standard.

Assessment

Communication; Comprehension; Analysis; Application
• Responding to Texts (50%)
- Written, oral and/or multimodal responses to a text or texts.
• Creating Texts (50%)
- Written, oral and/or multimodal texts.

Teacher Information

Essential English Teacher

Pathways for English

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Curriculum Guide