What are the differences between the English (Standard) and the English (Advanced) courses?
The English (Standard) and the English (Advanced) courses have a common Area of Study constituting 40% of each course, with the remaining 60% made up of modules unique to each course. The outcomes of the English (Advanced) course incorporate and extend beyond the English (Standard) course outcomes.
The English (Standard) course emphasises composing, reflecting on and responding to a wide range of texts for different audiences and purposes.
The emphasis of the English (Advanced) course is on the analysis and evaluation of texts and the ways they are valued in their contexts. It provides students with the opportunity for composing and responding to more complex texts and to engage in sustained higher-order thinking and reflection.
Students who undertake the English (Standard) course will have the opportunity to perform at the levels described in the higher performance bands, but they will be less likely to achieve in those bands than students undertaking the English (Advanced) course.
The English (Standard) and the English (Advanced) courses have a common Area of Study constituting 40% of each course, with the remaining 60% made up of modules unique to each course. The outcomes of the English (Advanced) course incorporate and extend beyond the English (Standard) course outcomes.
The English (Standard) course emphasises composing, reflecting on and responding to a wide range of texts for different audiences and purposes.
The emphasis of the English (Advanced) course is on the analysis and evaluation of texts and the ways they are valued in their contexts. It provides students with the opportunity for composing and responding to more complex texts and to engage in sustained higher-order thinking and reflection.
Students who undertake the English (Standard) course will have the opportunity to perform at the levels described in the higher performance bands, but they will be less likely to achieve in those bands than students undertaking the English (Advanced) course.