English Lower Secondary Syllabus - Department of Education

Lower Secondary SyllabusTexts and contexts• examine and evaluate the content and connections between workplacetexts through knowledge of register, audience and purpose• compare texts produced by different people on a range of workexperiences• analyse information about the world of work for clarity, relevance andpoint of view• identify underlying meanings about the workplace in a range of texts andfor different purposes• identify the structure and format of different workplace texts, e.g. a webpage, letters to employers, meeting agendas• interpret detailed diagrams or illustrations e.g. labels, graphs, tables andflow charts• identify relevant information about the world of work and drawconclusions for personal use.Language• examine and discuss use of media techniques in advertising jobs andemployment opportunities• identify and explain persuasive language and techniques used in a rangeof workplace texts.• identify the difference in language of formal, informal and everydayworkplace texts.Skills and strategies• interpret how layout and/or page design provides a reading/viewing path.• select texts appropriate for own work pathway• research information using community resources• record and organise information about the world of work• sequence information using visual organisers that are supported byheadings, text and labels, e.g. flow diagrams, time lines, storyboard,story, cycle diagrams, concept maps.Speaking and listeningListen to, talk about, produce and present a range of oral workplace texts tocommunicate with others in the world of work.Texts and contexts• adjust register of own spoken texts for different workplace purposes,situations and audiences• select, identify and analyse structures used in different forms of oralpresentations• choose subject matter and medium that takes account of whetherlisteners are known or unknown• offer opinions about workplace issues and attempt to persuade others toa point of view• identify how the roles and relationships between speaker and listeneraffect the context or situation.39