Overview
About Essential English
Essential English develops and refines students’ understanding of language, literature and literacy to enable them to interact confidently and effectively with others in everyday, community and social contexts.
Subject summary
| Subject type | Assessment | QCE credits | Contributes to ATAR |
|---|
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Applied
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Internal assessment (100%)
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Up to 4
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Only 1 may contribute when combined with 4 General subjects
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What will students learn?
In studying Essential English, students will learn about:
- language that works
- texts and human experiences
- language that influences
- representations and popular culture texts.
How will students be assessed?
Students will complete the following assessments:
- extended response — spoken/signed response
- common internal assessment
- extended response — multimodal response
- extended response — written response.
Where can Essential English lead?
Studying Essential English supports:
- lifelong learning across a wide range of contexts.
More information
Email EssentialEnglish@qcaa.qld.edu.au or phone (07) 3864 0289.
