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English as a Second Language ~ Preliminary and HSC
A modified course designed for students from backgrounds
other than English to achieve appropriate Stage 6 results.
The course has two sections:
(i) Language Study within Area of Study. Students acquire and develop their specific English language skills, knowledge and understanding through exploration of a concept represented in texts.
(ii) Electives. Students develop and use their English language skills in their examination and analysis of particular texts, with a focus on accessible and relevant text selections.
Preliminary English and HSC English require:
- Study of Australian and other texts.
- Exploration of a range of types of text drawn from the categories: prose fiction; drama; poetry; non-fiction, film, media and/or multimedia texts.
- Wide reading programs involving texts composed in a wide variety of contexts.
- Engagement in the integrated study of language and text, by reading, writing, speaking and viewing and representing.
Entry requirements for the HSC English (ESL) course The English (ESL) course may be studied by any student who has been educated overseas or in an Australian educational institution with English as the language of instruction for five years o r less prior to commencing the Preliminary course. This includes: students whose learning has been interrupted by periods away from education in which English was the language of instruction Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from Indigenous communities where standard English is not the common language of the local community. The onus is on stu dents to provide evidence of their previous schooling. Where it is difficult to ascertain the extent to which students have been using English as the language of instruction, entry to the course is determined on the basis of an assessment of their oral and written language competence.