English

• In the English learning area, students develop their Standard Australian English skills. There are three parts or strands in the English learning area. These are Language, Literacy and Literature.

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• Students learn to listen to, read, view, speak, write, create and reflect on increasingly complex and sophisticated spoken, written and multimodal texts across a growing range of contexts with accuracy, fluency and purpose

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• Students appreciate, enjoy and use the English language in all its variations and develop a sense of its richness and power to evoke feelings, convey information, form ideas, facilitate interaction with others, entertain, persuade and argue

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• Students understand how Standard Australian English works in its spoken and written forms and in combination with non-linguistic forms of communication to create meaning

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• Students develop interest and skills in inquiring into the aesthetic aspects of texts, and develop an informed appreciation of literature.