Texts Literature
Texts can be written, spoken or multimodal, and in print or digital/online forms. Texts provide important opportunities for learning about aspects of human experience and about aesthetic appeal. Teachers may select whole texts and/or parts of texts depending …
Texts | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Language table English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Key language skills for EAL/D The key language skills described below provide a focus for language instruction in any unit at students’ point of need and should be taught in context and if relevant. Students should be given the opportunity to develop …
Language table | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Senior secondary English subjects
The senior secondary Australian Curriculum for English is presented in four subjects that share common features. These include the continuing development of students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in listening, speaking, reading, viewing and writing. …
Senior secondary English subjects | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN069
using appropriate language and stylistic features to sustain a personal voice and point of view
ACEEN069 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA073
using language to express a personal evaluation of an object, a process or a performance
ACEEA073 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACELR003
the differences between initial personal responses and more studied and complex responses
ACELR003 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA009
defining common cultural references and implied meanings in texts
ACEEA009 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA031
understanding common cultural references, conceptual metaphors and connotations
ACEEA031 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA038
interpreting cultural references and implied meanings in texts
ACEEA038 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA064
explaining cultural beliefs and assumptions reflected in texts
ACEEA064 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACELR053
how literature reflects cultural change and difference
ACELR053 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of English as an Additional Language or Dialect English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Units 1–4 Unit 1 focuses on investigating how language and culture are interrelated and expressed in a range of contexts. A variety of oral, written and multimodal texts are used to develop understanding of text structures and language features. The relationship …
Structure of English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 2 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Unit 2 focuses on analysing and evaluating perspectives and attitudes presented in texts and creating extended texts for a range of contexts. SAE language skills for effective communication in an expanding range of contexts are consolidated. The use of …
Unit 2 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Unit 3 focuses on analysing how language choices are used to achieve different purposes and effects in a range of contexts. SAE language skills are developed so that they can be used to describe, inform, express a point of view and persuade for different …
Unit 3 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Unit 4 focuses on analysing, evaluating and using language to represent and respond to issues, ideas and attitudes in a range of contexts. By extending and consolidating language and communication skills, critical use of SAE for a range of contexts, purposes …
Unit 4 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN031
analysing changing responses to texts over time and in different cultural contexts.
ACEEN031 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA164
identifying and explaining common cultural references, idiomatic language and simple colloquialisms
ACEEA164 | Content Descriptions | Bridging Unit 3 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACELR037
how readers are influenced to respond to their own and others’ cultural experiences
ACELR037 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACELR041
the relationship between significant historical and cultural events and figures, and their representations in literary texts
ACELR041 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA094
analysing how audiences are positioned in texts and how texts present different perspectives on personal, social and historical issues
ACEEA094 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum