Essential English
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| Subject Name: | Essential English |
| Level of Study: | Stage 2 |
| Length of Course: | Year |
| Prerequisite: | Stage 1 English or Essential English (excluding English as an Additional Language) |
Pre-requisites
Stage 1 English or Essential English (excluding English as an Additional Language)
What will be in the course?
In this subject, students respond to and create texts in and for a range of personal, social, cultural, community, and/or workplace contexts.
Students understand and interpret information, ideas, and perspectives in texts and consider ways in which language choices are used to create meaning.
How will I be assessed?
Students provide evidence of their learning through six or seven assessments, including the external assessment component. Students complete:
- two or three assessments for responding to texts
- two or three assessments for creating texts
- one language study
The following assessment types enable students to demonstrate their learning in Stage 2 Essential English:
School assessment (70%)
- Assessment Type 1: Responding to Texts (30%)
- Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts (40%)
External assessment (30%)
Assessment Type 3: Language Study (30%)