FLE2 English 

Subject Overview 

Preparatory English is designed to build upon and further refine the skills you have developed in Entry and Essential English.  

Content and ideas  

Across the year you will learn how to appreciate and analyse visual texts (including films and graphic novels), as well as developing the skills to undertake a close reading and analysis of a collection of short stories.  You will participate in group discussions on issues prominent in society and examine media texts (newspaper texts, articles and television current affairs). 

Typical class activities  

  • Class discussions 

  • Reading and closely analysing passages from set texts  

  • Responding to big questions, provocations, and prompts through writing  

Skills focus  

  • Speaking and listening - through class discussion and a formal debate 

  • Textual analysis, including close analysis of evidence  

  • Understanding the structure of arguments and point of view  

  • Understanding and applying the metalanguage of film 

Assessment Tasks

You will complete a range of assessment tasks, including: 

  • Writing text response essays by analysing the ideas, issues and themes in texts 

  • Exploring personal responses to texts by reflecting on identity, experiences and values 

  • Completing close analysis of media – both written and visual – with a focus on persuasive language 

  • Planning, writing, rehearsing and presenting an oral presentation 

  • Completing a mock trial of fictional characters 

  • Writing and editing a short story 

Do this subject if 

  • You want to consolidate or extend your English skills after completing Essential English  

  • You wish to develop your analytical skills in understanding films, novels, plays and short stories 

  • You think you would like to go on and study one of the VCE English subjects