VCE Units 1 & 2 - English / English as an Additional Language (EAL)
VCE Units 1 & 2 - English / English as an Additional Language (EAL)
Overview
Units 1 & 2 English/EAL builds on the learning established through VC English in the key discipline concepts of language, literature and literacy, and the language modes of listening, speaking, reading, viewing, and writing. In this study, students focus on how English language is used to create meaning in print and digital texts of varying complexity. Through engagement with texts, and using texts from Australia and other cultures, students develop critical and creative thinking, developing their ability to create and analyse texts, moving from interpretation to reflection and critical analysis.
Unit 1
In this unit, students read and respond to texts analytically and creatively, building their connections to texts as well as their understanding of various textual elements.
Areas of Study
- Reading and Exploring Texts: In this area of study, students engage in reading and viewing texts with a focus on personal connections with the story.
- Crafting Texts: In this area of study, students engage with and develop an understanding of the various forms of writing, with a view to build their use of imaginative, persuasive, and informative texts in context.
Unit 2
In this unit students develop reading and writing skills with a view to build inference into the creation of meaning, ideas, and context. They analyse the use of structure, language and ideas in both fiction, non-fiction, and persuasive texts.
Areas of Study
- Reading and Exploring Texts: In this area of study, students develop their reading and viewing skills, including deepening their capacity for inferential reading and viewing.
- Exploring Argument: In this area of study, students consider the way arguments are developed and delivered in many forms of media.
Forms of Assessment
Personal extended response, creative response, informative response/summaries, analytical response, argument analysis, point of view presentation (oral).
Prerequisites and Corequisites
There are no VCAA prerequisites for entry to Units 1 & 2, however, students should have satisfactorily completed Year 10 English.