TCE English Studio Level 3

TCE English Studio Level 3

What will I learn?

English Studio 3 replaces English Writing and is a specialist course within the TASC Professional Studies Suite, aiming to develop students' knowledge about, skills in and processes for the crafting and editing of their own work. Over the course of the year, students will engage in a range of activities, exercises and workshops during which they will develop their creativity, planning and drafting skills; read and reflect upon the work of others (including their peers); research the market; learn how to effectively market themselves and how to craft creative texts (both fiction and non-fiction) for potential publication. They will develop your understanding of writing industry standards and expectations, learn how to craft creative texts (both fiction and non-fiction) for potential publication in print and on digital platforms and how to promote their work to potential publishers. In effect, students learn to take charge of their own professional practice. 

In addition to internal assessment, students complete a folio of polished, original work (5000 - 8000 words+) for external assessment, in which they aim to demonstrate their range as a writer and showcase the skills they have developed over the year. 

Why should I consider this course?

English Studio 3 is a professional studies course which is designed to prepare you for a career in the writing industry. This course consolidates and expands upon your skills, knowledge and understandings of the art and business of writing and is the next step on your pathway to becoming a career writer. If you love to write; if you love to write and entertain others; if you love to write and think you have something important to say or valuable to contribute to our understanding of humanity, society or culture; if you’re considering a career as a writer or making a living in the writing and publishing industry or in communications, media, public relations, marketing, even teaching, then this is the course for you.

What Skills does this course provide?

This course provides students with experiences which will enable them to become a highly effective communicator crafting a range of texts for diverse purposes and readers. They will investigate texts and create their own, producing a significant body of work. Through investigation into other published writers’ texts and processes, they will examine their own practice, developing their writing skills and their writing process in order to strengthen their professional studio practice. Each student will form part of a writer’s group (their class of peers), providing support to each other as emerging writers. They will consider the importance of networking in order to strengthen their own professional contacts and they will craft their own promotional material in order to learn how and where to best market their work.

What Pathway Options does this course provide?

English Studio 3 provides students with a powerful set of skills and knowledge as they consider the next step in their writing career. 

Further study in the English, Communications and Media courses of various universities may be considered, for example, the Creative Writing Strand in the Bachelor of Arts degree and the Bachelor of Media & Communications at UTAS, screen writing courses at NIDA or VCA, creative non-fiction writing and journalism courses at the University of Melbourne.

On a vocational level, writing skills are transferable to jobs and roles in a range of industries and areas, including marketing, public relations, communications, media or teaching. Skills developed in English Studio 3 could lead to employment or freelance employment in many areas of writing and publishing, including: author, poet, screenwriter, journalist, editor and proof-reader.

NB* This course is a new course, replacing English Writing, and accredited for 2024.