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 will 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 General – Unit 1 and 2

Unit 1

Unit 1 focuses on students comprehending and responding to the ideas and information presented in texts.

Students:

• employ a variety of strategies to assist comprehension
• read, view and listen to texts to connect, interpret and visualise ideas
• learn how to respond personally and logically to texts by questioning, using inferential reasoning and determining the importance of content and structure
• consider how organisational features of texts help the audience to understand the text
• learn to interact with others in a range of contexts, including everyday, community, social, further education, training and workplace contexts
• communicate ideas and information clearly and correctly in a range of contexts
• apply their understanding of language through the creation of texts for different purposes.

Unit 2 

Unit 2 focuses on interpreting ideas and arguments in a range of texts and contexts.

Students:

• analyse text structures and language features and identify the ideas, arguments and values expressed
• consider the purposes and possible audiences of texts 
• examine the connections between purpose and structure and how a text’s meaning is influenced by the context in which it is created and received
• integrate relevant information and ideas from texts to develop their own interpretations
• learn to interact effectively in a range of contexts
• create texts using persuasive, visual and literary techniques to engage audiences in a range of modes and media.

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