Overview of the senior secondary Australian Curriculum
ACARA has developed a senior secondary Australian Curriculum for English, Mathematics, Science and Humanities and Social Sciences. The senior secondary Australian Curriculum specifies content and achievement standards for each senior secondary subject. …
Overview of the senior secondary Australian Curriculum | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA183
working collaboratively in learning activities
ACEEA183 | Content Descriptions | Bridging Unit 4 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 1 English
In Unit 1, students explore how meaning is communicated through the relationships between language, text, purpose, context and audience. This includes how language and texts are shaped by their purpose, the audiences for whom they are intended and the …
Unit 1 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of English English
Units In Unit 1 students explore how meaning is communicated through the relationships between language, text, purpose, context and audience. This includes how language and texts are shaped by their purpose, the audiences for whom they are intended and …
Structure of English | English | 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
Bridging Unit 1 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Bridging Unit 1 is designed for students who are at the Emerging phase of the EAL/D Foundation to Year 10 learning progression and focuses on developing communication skills in a range of contexts across the language modes of SAE. There is a particular …
Bridging Unit 1 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Essential English Essential English
Units Unit 1 focuses on students comprehending and responding to the ideas and information presented in texts drawn from a range of contexts. Students are taught a variety of strategies to assist comprehension. They read, view and listen to texts to connect, …
Structure of Essential English | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Literature Literature
Units Unit 1 develops students’ knowledge and understanding of different ways of reading and creating literary texts drawn from a widening range of historical, social, cultural and personal contexts. Students analyse the relationships between language, …
Structure of Literature | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA012
using strategies to reflect on and consolidate own learning.
ACEEA012 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA107
engaging in group work to promote language learning
ACEEA107 | Content Descriptions | Bridging Unit 1 | 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
Bridging Unit 2 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Bridging Unit 2 is aimed at students in the late Emerging phase of the EAL/D Foundation to Year 10 learning progression. It focuses on consolidating communication skills in a range of contexts across the language modes of SAE. Through explicit teaching, …
Bridging Unit 2 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10
Each senior secondary English subject draws upon, develops and emphasises different knowledge, understandings, skills and processes related to the strands of Language, Literature and Literacy used in the Foundation to Year 10 curriculum. The emphasis …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Bridging Unit 3 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Bridging Unit 3 is aimed at students who are in the Developing phase of the EAL/D Foundation to Year 10 learning progression. It focuses on responding to and creating extended texts in familiar contexts in SAE. By using the language modes, students engage …
Bridging Unit 3 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Bridging Unit 4 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Bridging Unit 4 is aimed at students who are in the late Developing phase of the EAL/D Foundation to Year 10 learning progression. It focuses on responding to and creating connected extended texts in personal, social, community and workplace contexts …
Bridging Unit 4 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEA011
using a range of reference texts such as bilingual dictionaries to assist language learning and comprehension
ACEEA011 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Rationale English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) focuses on language learning and the explicit teaching of the structure, linguistic features and sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of Standard Australian English (SAE). Through close …
Rationale/Aims | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
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
Rationale English
Rationale English focuses on developing students’ analytical, creative and critical thinking and communication skills in all language modes. It encourages students to engage with texts from their contemporary world, with texts from the past and with texts …
Rationale | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of General capabilities English as an Additional Language or Dialect
General capabilities covered in EAL/D include: Literacy, Numeracy, Information and communication technology (ICT) capability, Critical and creative thinking, Personal and social capability, Ethical understanding and Intercultural understanding. Literacy Literacy …
Representation of General capabilities | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum