Key points to note about the QCAA Senior General English Syllabus

• The course is taught over two years and is made up of four units, where Units 1 & 2 are covered in Year 11 and Units 3 & 4 in Year 12
• A foundation for learning is built in Units 1 & 2, with opportunities for students to engage with a range of subject matter
• Tasks are expected to become more challenging and be completed more independently to prepare students for the external examination at the end of Units 3 & 4
• At least two formative internal assessment tasks are required in Units 1 & 2. Three internal summative assessments are required in Units 3 & 4, before the external summative examination.

Key points to note about the QCAA Senior Essential English Syllabus

• Essential English is an applied subject and suits students who would like to pursue a tertiary, vocational or work pathway
• The course is made up of four units, where Units 1 & 2 are covered in Year 11 and 3 & 4 in Year 12
• There must be at least two formative assessments in Units 1 & 2 and Units 3 & 4 is made up of four summative assessments
• Essential English course develops student understanding of language, literacy and numeracy to enable confident communication in everyday, community, work and social contexts.

What are Nelson Engage doing to address these changes

• Three brand new resources have been written by experienced Queensland authors to meet the QCAA curriculum changes, including Nelson English for QCE Units 1 & 2 and Nelson English for QCE Units 3 & 4 written for the QCAA Senior English General syllabus and Nelson Essential English Units 1–4 developed for the QCAA Senior Essential English syllabus
• All resources provide assessment support, through annotated example responses, assessment ideas and checklists, sample questions and more
• Students and teachers can link directly to external websites referred to in the student books via the free unprotected weblinks, expanding on subject matter
• To support program planning, teachers who use Nelson Queensland English titles as a core resource in their classroom, will receive access to our free digital resources on NelsonNet
• NelsonNet teacher resources include, teaching plan, assessment guidance*, weblinks and chapter PDFs

*Assessment guidance is only available for Nelson English for QCE.

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