TCE English Literature
Level 3
TCE English Literature Level 3
| 🎓Course Type | Pre-tertiary |
|---|---|
| TASC Code | ENL315114 |
| TCE Points | 15 |
| ⏱Hours | 150 |
| ✔️Standard | Reading and Writing (Literacy) Computers and Internet (ICT) |
| 📚Prerequisites | For students achieving a B or above in Year 10. Suitable for Year 11 or Year 12. |
📎Desirable prior experiences | Students achieving a C in Year 10 may consider English Foundations in Year 11 as a pathway to TCE Literature Level 3 |
| 📝Assessment | Internal on-going against criteria Externally assessed Folio External 2 hour examination |
What will I learn?
English Literature focuses on the study of literary texts, developing students as independent, innovative and creative learners and thinkers who appreciate the aesthetic use of language, evaluate perspectives and evidence and challenge ideas and interpretations. English Literature explores how literary texts reflect and shape our perceptions of the world. Students actively participate in literary analysis and compose critical and imaginative texts in a range of forms.
Students examine the ways in which literary texts - print and film - represent experience, and how context informs both the content of texts and the way they are received by audiences over time. Students will learn to consider the influence their own context and experience has on their understanding of texts. Students will encounter challenging texts drawn from their own and other historical periods and geographic regions. There is a 2-hour external examination for this subject. In addition, one of the four modules is the Independent Study, where students select a text from a prescribed list and compose critical, imaginative and reflective responses. This becomes a folio that is internally and externally assessed.
Why should I consider this course?
English Literature is focussed upon developing the skills to appreciate classic and contemporary literary texts and the aesthetic use of language, considering how context shapes texts and their reception over time. It engages similar skills and texts studied in the Literature sections of the current Year 10 course, and is well suited to students that have studied English Extended in Year 10.
What Skills does this course provide?
All senior secondary English courses aim to develop learners’:
- skills in listening, speaking, reading, viewing and writing
- capacity to create texts for a range of purposes, audiences and contexts
- understanding and appreciation of different uses of language.
In addition English Literature aims to develop learners’:
- ability to respond personally, critically and imaginatively to a range of literary texts drawn from Australian and other historical, contemporary and cultural contexts and traditions
- capacity to contest complex and challenging ideas in order to form their own interpretations informed by a range of critical perspectives
- capacity to critically reflect on connections, resonances and patterns of language that are shared between texts.
What Pathway Options does this course provide?
Successful completion of English Literature prepares learners for tertiary study in a range of areas, including English, and can be used to meet tertiary entrance requirements.