TERTIARY & CAREER PATHWAYS:
For students seeking a pathway to indirect university entry, Technical and Further Education (TAFE), apprenticeships / traineeships or employment.
UNIT 1 - Literacy for personal use
This area of study focuses on the structures and features of a range of texts – print, visual and film – and the personal reasons readers may have for engaging with these texts. Students will read or watch a variety of texts for a personal purpose, such as finding information. Texts should be chosen from a range of local and global perspectives, including First Nations peoples’ and multicultural perspectives, and should include film, TV, online videos, song, poetry, biographies and digital content, and other texts of interest to the cohort. Through discussions and class activities students will develop their understanding of the structures and features of these text types, and examine how they are influenced by purpose, context, audience and culture.
Students will read texts that serve a variety of purposes, from everyday content written to convey information, to texts written for specific workplaces or educational settings. Students will employ a variety of strategies to develop their understanding of the purpose and key ideas within the written and spoken language. They will extend their knowledge of the layout and format of a range of text types and use indexes, headings, subheadings, chapter titles and blurbs to locate and extract information.
In their study of visual and film texts, students will examine how purpose, language and structure influence the audience of a text.
Key Skills:
· read, watch, listen to and understand a range of text types for a variety of audiences and purposes
· use the skills of annotation to identify the layouts, designs and structural elements of print, visual and film texts
· identify, through annotations and summaries, the purpose, audience and context of different text types
· infer the meaning of content from the context
· listen and contribute to small group and whole class discussions
· identify reliable sources to be used for research
· compare the structure, language and presentation of different text types
· evaluate the effectiveness of content in terms of purpose and audience
· plan, create, draft, edit and refine a range of individual responses to different text types
· apply the conventions of literacy, including sentence structure, paragraphing, punctuation and spelling.
UNIT 2 - Understanding issues and voices
In this area of study, students will engage in issues that are characterised by disagreement or discussion, developing and expanding upon students’ learning from Unit 1. Students will consider the values and beliefs that underpin different perspectives and how these values create different biases and opinions, including thinking about how these issues might arise in particular vocational or workplace settings. Students will read, view and listen to a range of texts and content that demonstrate diverse opinions on a range of local and global issues, and which may impact on their community or be of particular concern to a vocational or workplace group. Students should consider the language and purpose of different text types and consider how this language is used to influence an audience.
Students will engage with a range of content from print, visual, aural and multimodal sources. Selection of text types should take into consideration the interests and abilities of the student cohort and the text types that students typically read, including social media. Students will discuss and explain how personal and vested interests, including those of particular vocations or workplaces, affect their own responses to an issue.
Students will practice note-taking and responding to short-answer questions as well as formulating their own oral and written opinions.
Key Skills:
· identify the purpose and intended audience of written, spoken and multimedia persuasive and influential texts
· identify main ideas and arguments in persuasive and influential content using skills such as note-taking and annotation
· identify and explain how language and visuals are used to influence an audience
· infer meaning from persuasive and influential content, including being able to identify the connotations of words
· compare and contrast how ideas and issues are presented in different persuasive text types
· use appropriate evidence to support personal points of view
· identify reliable and trustworthy sources for research
· listen and participate effectively in small group and whole class discussion
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