English studies
The content endorsed course, English studies, targets students more focused on a vocational pattern of study.
English studies is designed to support students in developing proficiency in English to enhance their personal, social and vocational lives. It offers a comprehensive language experience that is reflected in the modes of reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and representing.
(English Studies Content Endorsed Course Stage 6 Draft Syllabus, 2009, p 4)
Units of work
The following units of work are intended to be a starting point for you to design a unit of learning appropriate to your local context and students (staff only).
20 hour courses
- Digital worlds – English for the web
- Discovery and investigation – English and the sciences
- In the marketplace – English and the world of business
- On the road – English and the experience of travel
- Part of the family – English and family life
- Playing the game – English in sport
- Telling us all about it – English and the media
- The big screen – English in filmmaking
- The way we worked – English for exploring our past through industrial events in Australia
40 hour courses
- Digital worlds – English for the web
- Discovery and investigation – English and the sciences
- Landscapes of the mind – English and the creative arts
- On the road – English and the world of travel
- Part of the family – English and family life
- Playing the game – English in sport
- The big screen – English in film making
- The way we worked – English for exploring the past through industrial events in Australia