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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

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

ACEEA035

describing and classifying the form, medium and subject matter of texts

ACEEA077

using different sentence structures and forms suited to purpose, audience and subject

ACEEA116

using visual cues to predict subject matter and content in literary texts

ACEEA175

using some subject-specific vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms and collocations

ACEEA199

using common subject-specific vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms and collocations

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities

The senior secondary English curriculum values the histories, cultures, traditions and languages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and their central place in contemporary Australian society and culture. Through the study of texts, students …

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | 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

ACEEA050

using subject-specific vocabulary, nominalisation, and nouns and verbs used to create modality, collocations, idioms and figurative language

ACEEA023

using common language features, for example, subject specific vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms, adjectives and adverbs used to create modality, some nominalisation, common collocations and idioms

ACEEA100

using stylistic and grammatical choices for effect, including complex lexical elements, modality in the past conditional and subject-specific language forms and features

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 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

Rationale/Aims Essential English

Rationale Essential English focuses on consolidating and refining the skills and knowledge needed by students to become competent, confident and engaged users of English in many contemporary contexts including everyday, community, social, further education, …

Rationale/Aims | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum

Rationale/Aims Literature

Rationale Literature focuses on the study of literary texts, developing students as independent, innovative and creative learners and thinkers who appreciate the aesthetic use of language, evaluate perspectives and evidence, and challenge ideas and interpretations. …

Rationale/Aims | 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

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

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