Overview
English creates confident communicators, imaginative thinkers and informed citizens who analyse, understand, communicate and build relationships with others and the world around them. English develops usage, appreciation and enjoyment of language, form, structure and expression and enjoying English to create meaning, evoke feelings, convey information, form ideas, facilitate interaction with others, entertain, persuade and argue.
Senior Secondary Subjects
In Senior Secondary, students will study the following subjects:
General English
The subject English focuses on the study of both literary texts and non-literary texts, developing students as independent, innovative and creative learners and thinkers who appreciate the aesthetic use of language, analyse perspectives and evidence, and challenge ideas and interpretations through the analysis and creation of varied texts.
Essential English
The subject Essential English develops and refines students' understanding of language, literature and literacy to enable them to interact confidently and effectively with others in everyday, community and social contexts. The subject encourages students to recognise language and texts as relevant in their lives now and in the future and enables them to understand, accept or challenge the values and attitudes in these texts.