All students must complete four units in English over Years 11 and 12. English is compulsory in both Years 11 and 12. To achieve a WACE Certificate, completion of two English units in Year 11 and a pair of units in Year 12 is required.

Students who successfully complete the Year 10 English course are encouraged to undertake English ATAR. Students whose achievement in Year 10 was marginal are advised to study English General. Students who successfully complete the Year 10 English Focus course are advised to study English General in Year 11.

Year 11 English ATAR – Unit 1 and 2

Unit 1

Students explore how meaning is communicated through the relationships between language, text, purpose, context and audience. This includes how language and texts are shaped by their purpose, the audiences for whom they are intended, and the contexts in which they are created and received. Through responding to and creating texts, students consider how language, structure and conventions operate in a variety of imaginative, interpretive and persuasive texts. Study in this unit focuses on the similarities and differences between texts and how visual elements combine with spoken and written elements to create meaning. Students develop an understanding of stylistic features and apply skills of analysis and creativity. They are able to respond to texts in a variety of ways, creating their own texts, and reflecting on their own learning.

Unit 2

Students analyse the representation of ideas, attitudes and voices in texts to consider how texts represent the world and human experience. Analysis of how language and structural choices shape perspectives in and for a range of contexts is central to this unit. By responding to and creating texts in different modes and media, students consider the interplay of imaginative, interpretive, persuasive and analytical elements in a range of texts and present their own analyses. Students critically examine the effect of stylistic choices and the ways in which these choices position audiences for particular purposes, revealing and/or shaping attitudes, values and perspectives. Through the creation of their own texts, students are encouraged to reflect on their language choices and consider why they have represented ideas in particular ways.

Retrieved from: School Curriculum and Standards Authority. 23 June 2024.