In Year 11 and 12, the study of English is mandatory. Courses offered include:
1. English Advanced
2. English Standard
3. English Extension
4. English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D)
5. English Studies
English Advanced
In the English Advanced course, students continue to explore opportunities that are offered by challenging texts to investigate complex and evocative ideas, to evaluate, emulate and employ powerful, creative and sophisticated ways to use language to make meaning, and to find enjoyment in literature.
The English Advanced course is designed for students who have a particular interest and ability in the subject and who desire to engage with challenging learning experiences that will enrich their personal, intellectual, academic, social and vocational lives. Students appreciate, analyse and respond imaginatively and critically to literary texts drawn from a range of personal, social, historical and cultural contexts, including literature from the past and present and from Australian and other cultures. They study challenging written, spoken, visual, multimodal and digital texts that represent and reflect a changing global world.
Course Structure and Requirements
Year 11
Common Module: Reading to Writing: Transition to Senior English
Module A: Narratives that Shape our World
Module B: Critical Study of Literature
Year 12:
Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences
Module A: Textual Conversations
Module B: Critical Study of Literature
Module C: The Craft of Writing
English Standard
The English Standard course is designed for students to increase their expertise in English to enhance their personal, educational, social and vocational lives. The English Standard course provides students, who have a diverse range of literacy skills, with the opportunity to analyse, study and enjoy a breadth and variety of English texts to become confident and effective communicators. English Standard offers a rich language experience that is reflected through the integrated modes of reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and representing.
Course Structure and Requirements
Year 11
Common Module: Reading to Writing: Transition to Senior English
Module A: Contemporary Possibilities
Module B: Close Study of Literature
Year 12:
Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences
Module A: Language, Identity and Culture
Module B: Close Study of Literature
English Extension
The English Extension course provides students with the opportunity to further strengthen their understanding of how and why aspects and concerns of texts from the past have been carried forward, borrowed from and/or appropriated into more recent cultures. In Extension 1 they extend their understanding of the ways that texts contribute to their awareness of the diversity of ideas, attitudes and perspectives evident in texts. In Extension 2 students undertake independent investigation to develop a sustained composition and document this process in their Major Work Journal and Reflection Statement.
English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D)
The English EAL/D course is designed for students who come from diverse backgrounds and bring a variety of linguistic and cultural experiences to the classroom to develop and consolidate their use, understanding and appreciation of Standard Australian English.
The English EAL/D course is for students who have been educated in English for five years or less, either in Australia or overseas
Course Structure and Requirements
Year 11
Language and Texts in Context
Close Study of Text
Texts and Society.
Year 12
Texts and Human Experiences
Language Identity Culture
Close Study of Text
Focus on Writing,
English Studies
The English Studies course is designed to provide students with an alternative to the English Standard course and includes opportunities to become competent, confident and engaged communicators. English Studies focuses on supporting students to refine their skills and knowledge in English and consolidate their English literacy skills to enhance their personal, educational, social and vocational lives.
The course is distinctive in its focus on the development of students’ language, literacy and literary skills. It centres on empowering students to comprehend, interpret and evaluate the ideas, values, language forms, features and structures of texts from a range of everyday, social, cultural, academic, community and workplace contexts. It offers comprehensive and contemporary language experiences in the modes of reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and representing.
At Killarney Heights High School, English Studies is offered on a needs basis from the beginning of Year 12.