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Representation of General capabilities Essential English

General capabilities covered in Essential English 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 | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum

Unit 1 Essential English

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, …

Unit 1 | Essential 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

Unit 2 Essential English

Unit 2 focuses on interpreting ideas and arguments in a range of texts and contexts. By analysing text structures and language features and identifying the ideas, arguments and values expressed, students make inferences about the purposes and the intended …

Unit 2 | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum

Unit 4 Essential English

Unit 4 focuses on community, local or global issues and ideas presented in texts and on developing students’ reasoned responses to them. Students develop independent points of view by synthesising information from a range of sources, and analysing how …

Unit 4 | Essential English | 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

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using different strategies for finding information such as taking notes to summarise and/or paraphrase information.

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summarising ideas and information presented in texts

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using strategies for planning, recording sources of information and proofreading.

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locating and selecting information from a range of sources

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reflecting on the way ideas and information are presented in texts.

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locating and extracting information and ideas from texts, for example, skim reading for general sense and scanning for key information

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using strategies and tools for collecting and processing information, for example, graphic organisers and spreadsheets.

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categorising and integrating ideas and information about specific themes or ideas

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investigating and synthesising ideas and information from a range of source material

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understanding how texts are structured to organise information, for example, hyperlinks, chapter headings and indexes

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selecting text structures, language features and visual techniques to communicate and represent ideas and information

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using text structures and language features to communicate ideas and information in a range of mediums and digital technologies, for example, explaining workplace procedures, using navigation bars to create a web page, and developing a character’s back …

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selecting text structures, language features, and visual techniques to communicate and represent ideas and information for different contexts and purposes; for example, writing diary entries of real or imagined people, creating interactive websites, participating …

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