English Language

English Language

Course Summary

Are you interested in a career that supports language-related field? The study of English Language will enable you to further develop and refine your skills in reading, writing, listening to and speaking English. You will learn about personal and public discourses in workplaces, fields of study, trades and social groups. As a part of this subject, you will study a range of texts, including publications and public commentary about language in print and multimodal form, as well as, observe and discuss contemporary language in use.

VCE: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3 & 4 sequence available

Learning Activities & Assessment

Analyse the technical construction and use of the English language, the nature and function of language, the way language is organised and its use in communication
Explore language over time, language in its social setting and situating texts in their social, cultural and ideological context
Investigate English language in formal and informal contexts and contemporary Australian social setting
Consider language as a means of social interaction
Explore through written and spoken texts how we communicate infromation, ideas, attitudes and prejudices

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English Language Exam Guide Textbook

Approximate Costs

Unit 1 & 2

Unit 3 & 4

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English Learning Area Leader

Sharni Lamb

July 15, 2020February 28, 2024

Circus (VET)

Circus (VET)

Course Summary

Are you a member of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus? This subject is designed to provide you with specific skills and knowledge required for fitness instructors in circus training and performance at a basic level. You will be equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to assist more qualified circus trainers. This subject provides you with a firm foundation of theory and practice to assist with a future diploma or degree courses in the circus area.

VCE: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3 & 4 sequence available

ATAR Contribution: Unit 3 & 4 students do not receive a Study Score for this subject. Instead, they receive an ATAR increment of 10% of their fourth Study Score in other subjects

VET: 10823NAT Certificate III in Circus Arts

Structured workplace learning advice: To be completed in conjunction with circus training for students enrolled in the Fruit Fly Circus

Learning Activities & Assessment

Explore the role of body awareness and knowledge of major body systems in elementary training for circus performers
Reflect on the physiological and psychological requirement of performance for specific circus apparatus
Assess individual requirements for fitness, strength and conditioning and participate in relevant pre and post-training fitness testing
Participate in individual fitness strength and conditioning program
Reflect on one’s individual training program, progress and outcomes

This program is run as part of an Auspicing arrangement with Swinburne University of Technology, a Registered Training Organisation. TIOD: 3059

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Approximate Costs

Unit 1 & 2

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Unit 3 & 4

N/A

Learning Area Contact

Health & Physical Education Learning Area Leader

David Janissen

July 15, 2020May 25, 2023

Music Inquiry (Unit 3 & 4)

Music Inquiry (Unit 3 & 4)

Course Summary

This study offers pathways for students whose main interest is a combination of performing, composing/arranging and investigating music through music making, analysing and responding in relation to their particular interests. Music making is a collective and integrated experience. It involves composing, arranging, interpreting, reimaging, improvising, recreating, performing and critiquing music in an informed manner. Students develop aural skills by responding to music from a range of sources across time and place. They analyse music works and/or styles and develop an understanding of how the treatment of music elements, concepts and compositional devices in one work and/or style can be identified and explained in the works of others.

VCE: Unit 3 & 4 sequence available

Learning Activities & Assessment

Perform a work in the style of a selected work/creator and explain how the performance relates to the selected music style and/or creator
Create and/or arrange music and demonstrate the connection to the selected music style and/or creator
Analyse and describe the treatment of music elements, concepts and compositional devices in two works
Listen and respond to selected music excerpts from a range of styles
Externally-assessed Task (EAT) – Submit a folio that contains documentation, video recording of a performance and an audio and/or video recording of a composition/arrangement
End of year written examination

Music Unit 1 and 2

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Arts Learning Area Leader

Lynette Campbell

July 15, 2020May 25, 2023

Music Contemporary Performance Units 3 & 4

Music Contemporary Performance Units 3 & 4

Course Summary

Students prepare a program for assessment in a live performance. They may be assessed as primarily a member of a group or as a solo performer. All performances must include at least one ensemble work with another live musician and an original work created by an Australian artist since 1990. All performances must include a personally reimagined version of an existing work. Original works may also be included in the program. Students identify technical, expressive and stylistic challenges relevant to works they are preparing for performance. They listen and respond to a wide range of music by a variety of performers in contemporary styles. They also study music language concepts such as sales, harmony and rhythmic materials that relate to contemporary music. Styles including (but not limited to) rock, pop, jazz, EDM, country, funk and R&B.

VCE: Unit 3 & 4 sequence available

Learning Activities & Assessment

Perform a selection of works being prepared for the performance examination, demonstrating an understanding of music style, authentic performance conventions and a range of techniques
Demonstrate and discuss performance development techniques and reimagining approaches relevant to the performances of selected works
Discuss a performer’s interpretation and manipulation of music elements and concepts in works
Identify, recreate and notate music language concepts
End of year performance examination-End of year written examination

Music Unit 1 & 2

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Lynette Campbell

July 15, 2020September 11, 2023

Drama

Drama

Course Summary

Do you enjoy improvising and performing? Looking at a career as a performer? In VCE Drama you will focus on creating, presenting and analysing self-devised solo and ensemble performances. You will explore real or imagined characters based on stimulus material that reflects personal, cultural and/or community experiences and stories. You will analysis your own performance work and professional performances. You will explore a range of performance styles relevant to practices of story-telling, contemporary drama practice and the work of a variety of drama practitioners.

VCE: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3 & 4 sequence available