Ext. 1 EnglishPRELIMINARY

CULTURE…

Students will develop knowledge and understanding of:

• how and why texts are valued. 

VALUES…

Students will develop skills in:• extensive independent investigation

• theorising about texts and values based on analysis and understanding of complex ideas sustained composition.

TEXTS…

Students will come to value and appreciate:• the role of language in developing positive interaction and

cooperation• their developing skills as users of English• the pleasure and diversity of language and literature• the role of language and literature in their lives• the study and use of English as a key to learning• reflection on their own processes of learning• appropriateness, subtlety and aesthetics in language use.

Preliminary Outcomes

A student understands how and why texts are valued in and appropriated into a range of contexts.

A student develops skills in independent investigation, involving particular texts and their manifestations in various forms, and within particular cultural contexts.

A student develops skills in extended composition in a range of modes and media for different audiences and purposes.

Course Requirements:

Students undertaking the Preliminary English (Extension) course must complete:

Module: Texts, Culture and Value 

Students examine a key text from the past and its manifestations in one or more popular cultures.

 

PERCEPTIONS…

Through close study, you will • consider the relationships between the text and

its culture

• explore the language of the texts and examine the ways in which language shapes and reflects values

• consider the effects of different ways of responding to texts

• consider the ways and reasons the original and later manifestations of the text are valued.

You will also:• explore, analyse and critically

evaluate different examples - of such appropriations - in a range of contexts and media…including some appropriations of your own choosing.

ANALYSE…

Module: Texts, Culture and Value• Students explore the ways in which

aspects of texts from the past have been appropriated into popular culture.

• The module develops students’ understanding of how and why cultural values are maintained and changed.

How does Prelim Ext. 1 lead to the HSC Ext. 1 course?• You will begin the HSC Ext. 1 course in Term 4 this year. • The following slides give you an outline of what you will be

required to do in The HSC Ext. 1 course. • You should use the Prelim course to ‘best prepare’ you for the

demands of the HSC course. If you fulfil ALL the prelim tasks – you WILL be very well-prepared for the HSC course.

• “work smart” in Prelim… and you will succeed in the HSC.

• In the late 20th century and early 21st century, the development towards a global culture has blurred traditional concepts and boundaries of time and space.

• Knowledge, values and culture have become at once global and local through the globalisation of communications.

INTRODUCTION TO HSC EXT. 1:MODULE B: TEXTS AND WAYS OF THINKING

ELECTIVE 3: NAVIGATING THE GLOBAL

INTRODUCTION TO ELECTIVE 3: NAVIGATING THE GLOBAL• Choice and circumstance have created a range of individual

and community responses to this changing reality: some have embraced or warily accepted it, while others have challenged or retreated from it.

• The ideas, language forms, features and structures of texts may reflect or challenge ways of thinking during this period.

In this elective, students are required to study at least three of the prescribed texts

Two of which must be print texts, as well as other texts of your own choosing. In your responding and composing you will explore, analyse, experiment with and critically evaluate their prescribed texts and a range of other appropriate examples. Texts should be drawn from a range of contexts and media and should reflect the relationships between the global and the local and the significance of these relationships to the life of the individual and their community.