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1 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Draft Senior Secondary Curriculum ENGLISH May, 2012

2 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Overview of Senior Secondary Australian Curriculum ACARA has developed draft senior secondary Australian Curriculum in the four learning areas of English, mathematics, science and history. ACARA has specified content and achievement standards for different subjects within each learning area. Curriculum, assessment and certification authorities in each state or territory (Board of Studies in NSW) are responsible for the structure and organisation of their senior secondary courses, as well as assessment and certification.

3 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Overview of Senior Secondary Australian Curriculum Each subject has been divided into four units. Each unit runs for about 50-60 hours, including assessment, i.e. one half-year semester per unit. Units may be studied singly, in pairs (over a year) or as four units (over two years). Each unit identifies particular learning outcomes for students and content descriptions that outline the teaching and learning included in the unit.

4 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Overview of Senior Secondary Australian Curriculum Draft senior secondary subjects, including content and achievement standards, will be available for national consultation until 20 July 2012. NSW has not yet committed to using the senior secondary Australian Curriculum for English, mathematics, science and history. ACARA has said that current courses not covered by their proposed subjects, e.g. Extension courses, can still be offered by states.

5 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Four proposed senior secondary ENGLISH courses Literature Essential English English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) English

6 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Common aspects of the four courses Some common aims across courses: to develop students’: Skills in listening, speaking, reading, viewing and writing Capacity to create texts for a range of purposes, audiences and contexts Understanding and appreciation of different creative processes Achievement standards have a common structure based on two dimensions: All seven general capabilities and the three cross-curriculum priorities are embedded in all four courses, although in different ways. Dimension 1Responding to oral, written and multimodal texts Dimension 2Creating oral, written and multimodal texts

7 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Literature This subject: Involves study of literature at an intensive level Engages students in the detailed study of literary texts Requires students to create their own literary texts The content organisers suggest the distinctive focus of the subject: Texts in context Language and textual analysis Creating imaginative texts Creating analytical texts Compared with the current NSW English Stage 6 courses, this subject is most like Standard and Advanced.

8 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Unit structure of Literature Unit 1 Different ways of reading and creating literary texts drawn from a widening range of historical, social, cultural and personal contexts Unit 2 Ways in which literary texts connect with each other Unit 3 Relationship between language, culture and identity Unit 4 Close critical analysis of literary texts drawn from a range of forms, genres and styles

9 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Essential English This subject: Focuses on developing students’ literacy skills Helps students to interact confidently and effectively in a range of contexts Involves a range of everyday, workplace, media and literary texts. The content organisers suggest the distinctive focus of the subject: Comprehension strategies Language and textual analysis Research Creating texts Compared with the current NSW English Stage 6 courses, this subject is most like English Studies.

10 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Structure of Essential English Unit 1 Comprehending and responding to the ideas and information presented in a range of texts, in and from everyday contexts Unit 2 Interpreting ideas and arguments in a range of texts and contexts Unit 3 Exploring different points of view presented in a range of texts and contexts Unit 4 Community, local and global issues and ideas presented in texts – and students’ reasoned responses to these issues and ideas

11 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) This subject: Develops students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in Standard Australian English (SAE) Involves the explicit teaching of structure, linguistic features and sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of SAE Accommodates for a range of starting points through bridging units. The content organisers suggest the distinctive focus of the subject: Communication strategies Comprehension strategies Language and textual analysis Creating texts Compared with the current NSW English Stage 6 courses, this subject is most like English as a Second Language (ESL).

12 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Structure of EAL/D Unit 1 How language and culture are intertwined in a range of contexts Unit 2 Analysing and evaluating perspectives and ideas presented in texts and creating extended texts for a range of contexts Unit 3 How language choices are used to achieve different purposes and effects in a range of contexts Unit 4 Analysing, evaluating and using language to represent and respond to issues, ideas and attitudes in a range of contexts

13 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Structure of bridging units for EAL/D Unit 1 For students who are at the Emerging phase of the EAL/D F-10 learning progression Unit 2 For students who are at the late Emerging phase of the EAL/D F-10 learning progression Unit 3 For students who are at the Developing phase of the EAL/D F-10 learning progression Unit 4 For students who are at the late Developing phase of the EAL/D F-10 learning progression

14 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre English This subject: Extends students’ language and literacy skills for a range of purposes and audiences Engages students in detailed study of increasingly complex texts Requires students to critically and creatively engage with a variety of texts in all language modes The content organisers suggest the distinctive focus of the subject: Texts in context Language and textual analysis Audience response Creating texts Reflecting This subject is like no other courses among the current NSW English Stage 6 courses.

15 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Structure of English Unit 1 How meaning is communicated through the relationships between language, text, purpose, context and audience Unit 2 Analysing representation of ideas, attitudes and voices in texts and considering whether or not texts are a reflection of the world as it is Unit 3 Exploring representations of themes, ideas and concepts through a comparison of texts Unit 4 Exploring the relationship between content and structure, voice and perspective, the text and its context and the application of these through a close study of individual texts

16 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Questions to guide reflection/discussion 1.Do you think the four subjects cater for the range of students in Years 11 and 12? 2.Do you agree with the comparisons made with current NSW courses in this PowerPoint? 3.Can you identify the students targeted by each subject? 4.Do you think there is an appropriate level of challenge for each of the four subjects? 5.Is there value in flexibility in delivery of subjects and mobility between subjects? 6.Are the achievement standards for pairs of units in each subject helpful? 7.Is the glossary useful and consistent with NSW syllabuses? 8.Is there a clear sense of these subjects building on English learning K-10? 9.What would Board of Studies NSW need to add to frame or augment these subjects? 10.If NSW adopts the content and achievement standards of these subjects, what do you see as the challenges for implementation?

17 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Contribute to the consultation! All English teachers are encouraged to have a say in the development of the senior secondary curriculum for English. You can do this as an individual or as a team. This is a good opportunity for you to shape the ACARA senior secondary English curriculum to work for you and your students, if it is adopted by NSW. To provide your feedback directly to ACARA, go to http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au

18 NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre Contact Contact details available on the NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre website. http://clic.det.nsw.edu.au/aust_curriculum/contact.htm


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