English explores how writers and directors present their views and values, and how they construct a text for a reader or audience. Skills and knowledge include: · Analyse the ways writers argue their point of view in the media · Present a point of view · Write a creative text response · Compare two texts in a text response · Consider the effect texts have on an audience · Analyse writers’ and directors’ messages · Use metalanguage | English Language explores the construction of sentences and the ideas conveyed through language. Skills and knowledge include: · Word origins · Grammar · Changes in language over time · Sub-systems of language · Use metalanguage · Contemporary examples · Explore audience and purpose · Language acquisition · Analytical commentaries on transcripts
| Literature explores language and the stylistic and aesthetic qualities of texts. Skills and knowledge include: · Write creatively on a text · Explore critical theory · Investigate the contexts of texts · Unearth the writer’s views and values · Study text adaptations · Classic and contemporary texts · Closely analyse language |
A general course that covers many areas This subject is for those: · Interested in looking at the way the media manipulates audiences · Wanting to choose a familiar course · Wanting to build literacy skills · Careers in anything that requires you to read, write, speak and think. | Supercharged language analysis This subject is for those: · Interested in English as a language or studying a second language · Wanting to try something different, with more concrete answers · Careers in speech pathology, sociology, teaching and where root words are important: medicine (veterinary and nursing), law, science and mathematics | For those who love reading This subject is for those: · Interested in reading a variety of texts with different audiences and purposes · Wanting to explore Literature · Wanting to read texts from different time periods · Careers in writing, law, criticism, journalism, publicity, publishing, media and education |