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Course Description English A: Language and Literature consists of studying the complex and dynamic nature of language and exploring both its practical and aesthetic dimensions. The course will explore the crucial role language plays in communication, reflecting experience and shaping the world, and the roles of individuals themselves as producers of language. Throughout the course, students will explore the various ways in which language choices, text types, literary forms and contextual elements all affect meaning. Through close analysis of various text types and literary forms, students will consider their own interpretations, as well as the critical perspectives of others, to explore how such positions are shaped by cultural belief systems and to negotiate meanings for texts. The aims of studies in language and literature courses are to enable students to: · engage with a range of texts, in a variety of media and forms, from different periods, styles and cultures · develop skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, presenting and performing · develop skills in interpretation, analysis and evaluation · develop sensitivity to the formal and aesthetic qualities of texts and an appreciation of how they contribute to diverse responses and open up multiple meanings · develop an understanding of relationships between texts and a variety of perspectives, cultural contexts, and local and global issues, and an appreciation of how they contribute to diverse responses and open up multiple meanings · develop an understanding of the relationships between studies in language and literature and other disciplines · communicate and collaborate in a confident and creative way · foster a lifelong interest in and enjoyment of language and literature. |
- Teacher: Eddie Yassir Hussain