ENGLISHÂ FACULTY
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.
John 1: 1-2
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English Units 1-4
English Language Unit 1-2
Literature Unit 1-4
The English requirement for the award of the VCE
English units may be selected from English Units 1 to 4, English (EAL) Units 3 and 4, English Language Units 1-4 and Literature Units 1 to 4.
Units 1 and 2 (Year 11)
No more than two units at Units 1 and 2 level selected from the English group may count towards the English requirement. The English group at this level comprises English Units 1 and 2, English (EAL) Units 1 and 2, English Language Unit 1 and 2 and Literature Units 1 and 2.
Units 3 and 4 (Year 12)
English Units 3 and 4 and English (EAL) Units 3 and 4 are equivalent sequences and a student may not count both towards the award of the VCE.
Units from the English group may also contribute to the sequences other than the English requirement. In calculating whether students meet the minimum requirements for the award of the VCE, the VCAA first calculates the student’s English units. Once students have met the English requirement, or have satisfied an English sequence, any additional sequences from the English group will be credited towards the sequences other than English requirement.
The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) has advised that the tertiary entrance requirements and ATAR calculations will be as follows:
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For calculations of a student’s ATAR, satisfactory completion of both Units 3
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Any of the approved Unit 3 and 4 sequences within the English Group will be counted in the ATAR but no more than two will be permitted in the primary four.
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The current policy of not allowing more than one of English and English (ESL) will continue.
ENGLISH
UNIT 1 & 2
In Unit 1 students read and respond to texts analytically and creatively. Students analyse arguments and the use of persuasive language in texts and create their own texts intended to position audiences. Students develop their skills in creating written, spoken and multimodal texts.
In Unit 2 students compare the presentation of ideas, issues and themes in texts. Students analyse arguments presented and the use of persuasive language in texts, and create their own texts intended to position audiences. Students develop their skills in creating written, spoken and multimodal texts.
ENGLISH
UNIT 3 & 4
In Unit 3 students read and respond to texts analytically and creatively. They analyse arguments and the use of persuasive language in texts.
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In Unit 4 students compare the presentation of ideas, issues and themes in texts. They create an oral presentation intended to position audiences about an issue currently debated in the media.
English Language
UNIT 1 & 2
In Unit 1 students consider the way language is organised so that its users have the means to make sense of their experiences and to interact with others. They explore the various functions of language and the nature of language as a highly elaborate system of signs. The relationship between speech and writing as the dominant modes of language and the impact of situational and cultural contexts on language choices are also considered. Each of the English Language units requires students to understand linguistic concepts and use metalanguage appropriately to describe and analyse language in an objective and a systematic way..
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In Unit 2 students focus on language change. They consider factors contributing to change over time in the English language and factors contributing to the spread of English. They explore texts from the past, and contemporary texts, considering how all subsystems of the language system are affected – phonetics and phonology, morphology and lexicology, syntax, discourse and semantics. In addition to developing an understanding of how English has been transformed over the centuries, students explore the various possibilities for the future of English and consider the cultural repercussions of the spread of English. Each of the English Language units requires students to understand linguistic concepts and use metalanguage appropriately to describe and analyse language in an objective and a systematic way.
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Students should be maintaining an average result of at least 80% in Year 10 English to consider undertaking this course.
LITERATURE
UNIT 1Â & 2
In Unit 1 students focus on the ways in which the interaction between text and reader creates meaning. Students respond critically, creatively and reflectively to the ideas and concerns of texts and gain insights into how texts function as representations of human experience. They develop an awareness of how the views and values that readers hold may influence the reading of a text.
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In Unit 2 students draw on a range of literary texts and consider the relationships between authors, audiences and contexts. Ideas, language and structures of different texts from past and present eras and/or cultures are compared and contrasted. Students analyse the similarities and differences across texts and establish connections between them. They engage in close reading of texts and create analytical responses that are evidence-based.
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Students should be maintaining an average result of at least 80% in Year 10 English to consider undertaking this course.
LITERATURE
UNIT 3 & 4
In Unit 3 students focus on creative and critical responses to texts. Students consider the context of their responses to texts as well as the concerns, the style of the language and the point of view in their re-created or adapted work. In their responses, students develop an interpretation of a text and learn to synthesize the insights gained by their engagement with various aspects of a text into a cogent, substantiated response.
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In Unit 4 students focus on the ways writers construct their work and how meaning is created for and by the reader. Students consider how the form of text (such as poetry, prose, drama, non-print or combinations of these) affects meaning and generates different expectations in readers, the ways texts represent views and values and comment on human experience, and the social, historical and cultural contexts of literary works.