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You have:
‘D/E’ in Year 10 Australian
Curriculum English
An interest or need for
literacy skills in work and
everyday life
‘C/D’ in Year 10 Australian
Curriculum English
‘A in (or ‘strong B’ in
consultation with teachers)
Year 10 Australian
Curriculum English, or
‘CA’ or above in English
Foundation 2
TASC subjects
May lead to:
Practical English 1
Essential Skills - Reading and Writing 2
English Applied 2
Essential Skills - Reading and Writing 2
Further study
English Applied 2
Training or job where working English
skills are required
English Foundation 2
English Writing 3
English 3
English Literature 3
English 3
English Literature 3
English Writing 3
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University study in arts, education,
media, journalism, graphic design
Pre-tertiary English is often a
pre-requisite for mainland university
courses
English as an Additional Language
English as an Additional Language or Dialect 1
English is not your
first language
English as an Additional Language or Dialect 2
Further study
English as an Additional Language or Dialect 3
level 2
level 3
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level 1
TASC subjects
Practical English 1
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YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
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Essential Skills – Reading and
Writing 2
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•Participating in everyday
conversations and discussions
•Reading and understanding
simple texts
•Responding to and creating
simple texts.
YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
YOU DO THIS BY STUDYING:
YOU DO THIS BY STUDYING:
•How to use correct spelling,
punctuation and grammar
•How to identify and interpret
information from everyday texts
•How to create simple texts for
various purposes and audiences
•How to use language and
vocabulary appropriately
•How to communicate appropriately
in everyday adult settings including
the workplace.
•Reading and understanding
everyday and workplace texts
•Responding to and creating
everyday and workplace texts
•Participating in discussions.
English Applied 2
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YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
•Developing and strengthening
your literacy skills to communicate
confidently and effectively with others
•Reading, understanding and examining
ideas, issues, attitudes and values from
a range of texts
•Responding to, and creating oral,
written and multi-modal texts
•Researching and presenting ideas
and information
•Working both independently and
collaboratively.
•How to find and interpret information
from a range of everyday and
workplace texts
•How to read and understand a wide
range of everyday and workplace texts
YOU DO THIS BY STUDYING:
•How to respond to and create
•How to communicate accurately
everyday texts for different purposes
and effectively with audiences
and audiences
•How to read, view and understand a
•How to use correct spelling,
range of everyday, workplace, literary,
punctuation and grammar
media and multi-modal texts
•How to plan, edit and write clearly and
•How to examine and respond to the
accurately for a range of purposes.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES MAY
main ideas and values in individual,
INCLUDE:
community and workplace texts
LEARNING ACTIVITIES MAY
•How to select and use language
INCLUDE:
•Discussing books, movies, films and
to persuade, inform and engage
websites, making phone enquiries and
•Preparing your resume and other
audiences
asking questions about job roles
work-related documents
•How to draft, edit and create a range
•Identifying and interpreting information •Writing emails, reports, descriptions
of texts for different purposes.
from websites, emails, newspaper and
and reviews
magazine articles, application forms
•Using your communication skills to
LEARNING ACTIVITIES MAY
and payslips
discuss your work and your progress.
INCLUDE:
•Writing a brief dot-point CV/resume
and basic job applications, making
•Conducting presentations and
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notes and drafting posters.
discussions
YOU NEED:
•Examining ideas, attitudes and points
•D/E in Year 10 Australian Curriculum
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of view in texts
English.
YOU NEED:
•Creating texts for individual,
community and workplace audiences
•No previous experience.
THIS SUBJECT:
•The
development of a Negotiated
•Requires 100 hours of study
Study
based on a topic of interest.
THIS SUBJECT:
•Is useful for students who wish
•Requires 100 hours of study
to improve their everyday
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•Is designed for learners wanting to
communication skills
YOU NEED:
develop basic skills in reading, writing
•Prepares you for further study
•D/E in Year 10 Australian Curriculum
and oral communications to achieve
in English.
English.
their educational and vocational goals
•Prepares you for Essential Skills:
Contributes 10 credit points and meets
THIS SUBJECT:
Reading and Writing 2, or English
the standard for everyday adult reading,
Applied 2
•Gives you the confidence to pursue
writing and communication skills for the
•Contributes 10 level 1 credit points for Tasmanian Certificate of Education.
a pathway to further training or
the Tasmanian Certificate of Education.
employment
•Supports your communication skills
Note: Learners who are visually or
in other courses
hearing impaired or require speech
•Contributes 15 credit points and
communication assistance can utilise
meets the standard for everyday
the assistance of learning aides and
adult reading, writing and
technological devices.
communication skills for the
Tasmanian Certificate of Education.
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YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
•the ways texts work to communicate
and shape meaning
•the ways ideas, attitudes and voices
are represented in texts
•Engaging critically and imaginatively
with texts.
YOU DO THIS BY STUDYING:
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YOU NEED:
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YOU NEED:
THIS SUBJECT:
•Close study and wide reading, viewing,
speaking and listening
•Creating imaginative, interpretive and
analytical responses in a number of
diverse mediums
•Creating visual and multimodal texts
•An negotiated study.
•Texts from the contemporary world,
including Australia and other cultures.
•A wide variety of print, oral, visual and
non-fiction texts.
•A/ (or strong B in consultation
with teachers) in Year 10 Australian
Curriculum English or a rating of CA
or above for English 2.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES MAY
INCLUDE:
THIS SUBJECT:
•Close study and wide reading, viewing,
speaking and listening
•Creating imaginative, interpretive and
analytical responses
•Discussion, debate and argument, in a
range of formal and informal situations
•Presentations (individual and group)
•Negotiated studies.
TO ENROL IN THIS SUBJECT
YOU NEED:
•C/D in Year 10 Australian
Curriculum English.
THIS SUBJECT:
English 3
English Literature 3
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YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
•The ways literary texts can be
interpreted
•The ways in which literary texts
represent culture and identity
•The relationship between authors,
texts, audiences and contexts
•The ways values and ideas are
represented in texts and how they are
understood by audiences
•The ways historical and cultural
contexts influence texts.
YOU DO THIS BY STUDYING:
•Includes an independent study for
external assessment
•Will appeal to those who enjoy
studying literature and film
•Leads to university study, a Bachelor
of Arts, Media and Communication,
Journalism Education, Social Sciences,
Law, Economics and Applied Learning
•Contributes 15 credit points and
meets the standards for everyday
adult reading, writing and
communication skills and everyday
adult use of computers and the
internet for the Tasmanian Certificate
of Education.
English Writing 3
ENW315114
YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
•Different styles and forms of writing
e.g. poetry, short story, news article,
monologue, memoir
•Writing for a variety of purposes,
audiences and contexts
•Composing, drafting and revision
techniques
•Responding to feedback through
reflection and drafting
•The ways writers employ writing
techniques and styles to explore
ideas and issues.
YOU DO THIS BY STUDYING:
•Writers and their work
•The craft of writing
•Ideas, issues and themes
•The impact of e-writing
•Topics and writing forms of
interest to you.
•Comparing a set of poems from
different historical and cultural
contexts
YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
LEARNING ACTIVITIES MAY
•The ways themes, ideas or concepts
•The ways themes, ideas and concepts
are treated in different texts (narrative, INCLUDE:
are represented by comparing a range
film, drama and poetry)
•Creating imaginative and
of texts
•Literary texts drawn from the past and
expository texts
•The ways attitudes and perspectives
present, Australian and other cultures
•Workshopping own and others
in texts shape audience response and
•An independently chosen text.
and writing
interpretation.
•Keeping an ideas book and
LEARNING ACTIVITIES MAY
reading journal
YOU DO THIS BY CRITICALLY
INCLUDE:
•Completing a major writing project.
ENGAGING WITH:
•Close analysis of poetry
•Contemporary language, literacy, media
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•A single text study
and literature
YOU NEED:
•A comparative text study
•Texts from the contemporary world,
•An independent study
•To enjoy reading and composing
including Australia and other cultures
•Analytical and creative responses
imaginative and other writing
•A wide variety of print, oral, visual and
to texts
•To work well independently
non-fiction texts.
•Oral presentations and group work
•A (or B in consultation with teachers)
•The study and creation of imaginative
in Year 10 Australian Curriculum
and multi-modal texts.
English or a rating of CA or above for
English 2. ENG315***
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•Further develops and extends your
communication skills, oral and written,
and language and literacy skills
•Will develop your insight into
literature, the world around you and
yourself
•Prepares you for Level 3 studies in
English
•Contributes 15 credit points and
meets the standard for everyday adult
reading, writing and communication
skills for the Tasmanian Certificate of
Education.
•Develops understanding of
communication practices, oral,
written and multimodal
•Provides a pathway to university
studies: a Bachelor of Arts, Visual
Communication, Media and
Communication, Journalism Education,
Social Sciences, Law, Economics and
Applied Learning
•Contributes 15 credit points and
meets the standards for everyday
adult reading, writing and
communication skills
•To enjoy reading complex texts from
a range of time periods and cultures
and discussing ideas in depth
•A (or B in consultation with teachers)
in Year 10 Australian Curriculum
English or a rating of CA or above
for English 2.
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English Foundation 2
LEARNING ACTIVITIES MAY
INCLUDE:
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THIS SUBJECT:
•Requires an externally assessed
folio of your work
•Will develop your understanding
of the craft of writing and the
importance of literacy skills
•Will develop your insight into
literature, the world around you,
and yourself
•Provides a pathway to university
studies: a Bachelor of Arts, Visual
Communication, Media and
Communication, Journalism Education,
Social Sciences, Law, Economics and
Applied Learning
•Contributes 15 credit points and
meets the standard for everyday
adult reading, writing and
communication skills and everyday
adult use of computers and the
internet for the Tasmanian Certificate
of Education.
English as an Additional
Language or Dialect 1
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YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
•Standard Australian English
(reading, writing, speaking
and listening)
•Aspects of Australian life
and culture.
YOU DO THIS BY STUDYING:
•Spoken and written English
•A range of everyday texts
•The use of language in social
and personal contexts.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES MAY
INCLUDE:
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•Communication in social settings
•Reading and understanding texts
•Creating short written texts
•Spoken presentations.
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YOU NEED:
•An interest in developing your
English language skills.
THIS SUBJECT:
•Develops greater understanding
of the English language
•Helps you to gain confidence in
communicating and the ability to
take part in the senior secondary
environment
•Prepares you for further study in
English as an Additional Language or
Dialect 2
•Contributes 15 credit points to the
Tasmanian Certificate of Education.
English as an Additional
Language or Dialect 2
English as an Additional
Language or Dialect 3
YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
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•Standard Australian English
•Communicating ideas and opinions
•Critical thinking
•Reflection
•Comprehension of written and
spoken texts
•Social and cultural attitudes and
perspectives.
YOU DO THIS BY STUDYING:
•Communication skills and strategies
•Comprehension skills and strategies
•Language and text analysis skills and
strategies
•Creating a range of texts.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES MAY
INCLUDE:
•Reading, writing, speaking, viewing
and listening tasks
•Communication in a range of social
and workplace settings
•Understanding and responding to
ideas and texts
•Composing personal, imaginative
and analytical responses to texts.
TO ENROL IN THIS SUBJECT
YOU NEED:
•A sound foundation in the use and
comprehension of English as a second
or additional language or dialect.
THIS SUBJECT:
•Develops your understanding and use
of the English language
•Helps you to gain confidence in
communicating and the ability to
participate fully in senior secondary
studies
•Prepares you for vocational and
further study including English as an
Additional Language or Dialect 3
•Contributes 15 credit points to the
Tasmanian Certificate of Education.
EAL315115
•Standard Australian English
•Communicating ideas, feelings,
attitudes and information
•Critical thinking
•Reflection
•Comprehension of written and
spoken texts
•How issues, ideas and attitudes
vary across cultures and within
different contexts, particularly the
Australian context.
YOU DO THIS BY STUDYING:
•Communication skills and strategies
•Comprehension skills and strategies
•Language and text analysis skills and
strategies
•Creating a range of texts.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES MAY
INCLUDE:
•Responding to, analysing and creating
written, oral and multi-modal texts
•Using English to describe, inform,
respond, express a point of view and
persuade
•Composing a major negotiated
research task
•Preparing for an external oral and
written exam.
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YOU NEED:
•A solid foundation in using oral
and written English as a second
or additional language or dialect
•Some proficiency in using English
for formal and school purposes
•To comply with set eligibility criteria
concerning years of instruction in
English and residency in Australia if
you wish to receive a subject score
for university entrance purposes.
THIS SUBJECT:
•Develops greater understanding
of communication, culture and
the English language
•Prepares you for employment
and further study
•Contributes 15 credit points and
meets the standard for everyday
adult reading, writing and
communication skills for the
Tasmanian Certificate of Education.
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