11–12English Studies 11–12 Syllabus

The following elective focus areas can be selected for Year 11 or Year 12.

Through the study of texts in this focus area, students develop an understanding of the power of language in the world of sport. Students develop their understanding of the ways that language is used in sport to enthuse, motivate, report on and analyse team and individual performances. They broaden their understanding of the power of language and the role of storytelling to represent the experiences of success and failure, building resilience, facing challenges, controversy, fairness and ambition. They also explore how language and storytelling is used to discuss controversy, fairness and personal ambition. Students appreciate how language is used to sustain interest in sporting stories and construct particular points of view.

Students engage with a range of literary and other texts that are used to describe, analyse and reflect on sporting events and issues, such as feature articles, news reports, speeches, online blogs, biographies, autobiographies, advertisements, documentaries, films, short stories and novels. They consider how language is used purposefully and creatively by a range of people, such as coaches, players, journalists, sports writers, fiction writers and makers of films and documentaries. Students examine how texts can reflect on and challenge particular perspectives on issues in recreational and professional sport.