Through responding to and composing a wide range of texts and through the close study of texts, students will develop knowledge, understanding and skills in order to:

A: communicate through speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing and representing

B: use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context

C: think in ways that are imaginative, creative, interpretive and critical

D: express themselves and their relationships with others and their world

E: learn and reflect on their learning through their study of English.

Outcomes that address these objectives can be found in the Table of Objectives and Outcomes – Continuum of Learning in English K−10³ (.pdf 59kB)

Students will value and appreciate:

• the importance of the English language as a key to learning

• the personal enrichment to be gained from a love of English, literature and learning

• the power of language to explore and express views of themselves as well as the social, cultural, ethical, moral, spiritual and aesthetic dimensions of human experiences

• the power of effective communication using the language modes of speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing and representing

• the role of language in developing positive interaction and cooperation with others

• the diversity and aesthetics of language through literary and other texts.

In each year students must study examples of:

• spoken texts

• print texts

• visual texts

• media, multimedia and digital texts.

Writers Talk videos highlighted in this resource offer the opportunity to explore a number of texts from the perspective of the writer. As students engage personally with texts and respond to a variety of types of texts they develop their own knowledge, understanding, skills, values and attitudes which they can then also apply to their own creative writing.