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The English key learning area develops understandings about literary, mass media and everyday texts, language use and associated literacy practices. It allows student to explore and examine ways of knowing, being, doing, thinking, feeling and interacting in diverse situations, times and places, within and beyond their direct experiences.

In English students develop:

The capacity to speak, listen, read, view, write and shape to make meaning with purpose, effect and confidence in a diverse range of contexts
A sound grasp of language forms and features and textual structures, and the capacity to apply these to the interpretation and construction of texts
A broad knowledge of a range of literature and other texts, including multimodal texts
Understandings of how texts shape and are shaped by the knowledge, values and practices of diverse social and cultural groups
Knowledge of the qualities of language and ideas that contribute to the enjoyment of increasingly complex texts
The capacity to use critical, analytical and imaginative abilities when interpreting, constructing, evaluating, discussing and using language and texts
The capacity to use texts to make sense of one's world, to broaden and promote shared cultural understandings, to exercise judgement and responsibility in matters of morality, ethics and social justice, and to prepare one for lifelong learning.

The National Statements for Learning in English (new window) are embedded in the Queensland Years 1-10 English Syllabus. Teachers using this document will be covering the requirements for national consistency in curriculum outcomes.

On this website you will find information about English Curriculum Support; Background Information; English Projects; English Resources and who to contact for further information.

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