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Skills available for Australia year 12 English curriculum

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1 In 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.

2 In 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 mediums, students consider the interplay of imaginative, interpretive and persuasive elements in a range of texts and present their own analyses. Students examine the effect of stylistic choices and the ways in which these choices position audiences for particular purposes, revealing 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.

3 In Unit 3, students explore representations of themes, ideas and concepts through a comparison of texts. They analyse and compare the relationships between language, genre and context, comparing texts within and/or across different genres and modes. Students recognise and analyse the conventions of genre in literary and non-literary texts and consider how those conventions may assist interpretation and how they may be challenged. Students compare and evaluate the effect of different mediums on the structure of texts and how audiences respond to them. Understanding of these concepts is demonstrated through the creation of imaginative, interpretive and analytical responses.

Compare texts from similar or different genres and contexts by:
- ACEEN041 analysing language, structural and stylistic choices
- ACEEN042 explaining how each text conforms to or challenges the conventions of particular genres or modes such as crime fiction, advertising or short films
- ACEEN043 analysing and evaluating how similar themes, ideas or concepts are treated in different texts.
Compare and contrast distinctive features of genres by:
- ACEEN044 analysing the techniques and conventions used in different genres, mediums and modes
- ACEEN045 considering how the conventions of genres can be challenged, manipulated or parodied
- ACEEN046 examining how genres and their conventions have changed and adapted over time.
Analyse and evaluate how the conventions of texts influence responses including:
- ACEEN047 the ways language patterns can create shades of meaning
- ACEEN048 how expectations of genres have developed and the effect when those expectations are met or not met, extended or subverted
- ACEEN049 how responses to texts and genres may change over time and in different cultural contexts.
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Investigate the relationships between language, context and meaning by:

ACEEN001 explaining how texts are created in and for different contexts

ACEEN002 analysing how language choices are made for different purposes and in different contexts using appropriate metalanguage; for example, personification, voice-over, flashback, salience

ACEEN003 evaluating the choice of mode and medium in shaping the response of audiences, including digital texts.

Examine similarities and differences between imaginative, persuasive and interpretive texts including:

ACEEN004 explaining the ways language features, text structures and conventions communicate ideas and points of view

ACEEN005 explaining the ways text structures, language features and stylistic choices are used in different types of texts

ACEEN006 analysing how vocabulary, idiom and rhetoric are used for different purposes and contexts

ACEEN007 evaluating the impact of description and imagery, including figurative language, and still and moving images in digital and multimodal texts

Analyse and evaluate how responses to texts, including students' own responses, are influenced by:

ACEEN008 purpose, taking into account that a text's purpose is often open to debate

ACEEN009 personal, social and cultural context

ACEEN010 the use of imaginative, persuasive and interpretive techniques.

Create a range of texts:

ACEEN011 using appropriate form, content, style and tone for different purposes and audiences in real and imagined contexts

ACEEN012 drawing on a range of technologies in, for example, research, communication and representation of ideas

ACEEN013 combining visual, spoken and written elements where appropriate

ACEEN014 using evidence-based argument

ACEEN015 using appropriate quotation and referencing protocols

ACEEN016 using strategies for planning, drafting, editing and proofreading

ACEEN017 using accurate spelling, punctuation, syntax and metalanguage.

Reflect on their own and others' texts by:

ACEEN018 analysing textual evidence to assess the purpose and context of texts

ACEEN019 questioning responses to texts

ACEEN020 investigating the impact and uses of imaginative, interpretive and persuasive texts.

Compare texts in a variety of contexts, mediums and modes by:

ACEEN021 explaining the relationship between purpose and context

ACEEN022 analysing the style and structure of texts including digital texts

ACEEN023 evaluating similarities and differences between hybrid texts, for example, infotainment, product placement in movies, hypertext fiction.

Investigate the representation of ideas, attitudes and voices in texts including:

ACEEN024 analysing the ways language features, text structures and stylistic choices shape points of view and influence audiences

ACEEN025 evaluating the effects of rhetorical devices, for example emphasis, emotive language and imagery in the construction of argument

ACEEN026 analysing the effects of using multimodal and digital conventions such as navigation, sound and image

ACEEN027 analysing how attitude and mood are created, for example, through the use of humour in satire and parody.

Analyse and evaluate how and why responses to texts vary through:

ACEEN028 the impact of language and structural choices on shaping own and others' perspectives

ACEEN029 the ways ideas, attitudes and voices are represented, for example, how events are reported differently in the media

ACEEN030 the interplay between imaginative, persuasive and interpretive techniques, for example, how anecdotes are used in speeches to amuse, inform or influence, or the use of characteristation in advertising

ACEEN031 analysing changing responses to texts over time and in different cultural contexts.

Create a range of texts:

ACEEN032 using imaginative, interpretive and persuasive elements for different purposes, contexts and audiences

ACEEN033 experimenting with text structures, language features and multimodal devices

ACEEN034 developing and sustaining voice, tone and style

ACEEN035 selecting and applying appropriate textual evidence to support arguments

ACEEN036 using strategies for planning, drafting, editing and proofreading

ACEEN037 using accurate spelling, punctuation, syntax and metalanguage.

Reflect on their own and others' texts by:

ACEEN038 analysing the values and attitudes expressed in texts

ACEEN039 evaluating the effectiveness of texts in representing ideas, attitudes and voices

ACEEN040 explaining how and why texts position readers and viewers.

Compare texts from similar or different genres and contexts by:

ACEEN041 analysing language, structural and stylistic choices

ACEEN042 explaining how each text conforms to or challenges the conventions of particular genres or modes such as crime fiction, advertising or short films

ACEEN043 analysing and evaluating how similar themes, ideas or concepts are treated in different texts.

Compare and contrast distinctive features of genres by:

ACEEN044 analysing the techniques and conventions used in different genres, mediums and modes

ACEEN045 considering how the conventions of genres can be challenged, manipulated or parodied

ACEEN046 examining how genres and their conventions have changed and adapted over time.

Analyse and evaluate how the conventions of texts influence responses including:

ACEEN047 the ways language patterns can create shades of meaning

ACEEN048 how expectations of genres have developed and the effect when those expectations are met or not met, extended or subverted

ACEEN049 how responses to texts and genres may change over time and in different cultural contexts.

Create a range of texts:

ACEEN050 transforming and adapting texts for different purposes, contexts and audiences

ACEEN051 making innovative and imaginative use of language features

ACEEN052 using and experimenting with text structures and language features related to specific genres for particular effects

ACEEN053 sustaining analysis and argument

ACEEN054 using appropriate referencing, for example footnotes, in-line citations and reference lists

ACEEN055 using strategies for planning, drafting, editing and proofreading