English

English is used by most Australians to communicate with others in our culturally diverse communities. This major enables pre-service teachers to engage with a wide variety of literary, mass media and everyday texts. Further English/Communications enables pre service teachers to conceptualise, imagine, appreciate, experiment, speculate, reflect, make decisions, hypothesise, analyse and evaluate their ability to think, use language, and make meaning.

//In most schools they would expect that you could teach English from years 8 – 12.// //In some schools you may also be required to teach [|English Extension (Literature)] and// // Literacy and Numeracy //**//, //**// English for ESL Learners, Functional English and English Communication in years 11 and 12. //

For details of Qld senior syllabi go to: []; Australian syllabi (years 8 - 10) can be found at: []

Meet your online mentor: Libby Hobson

 * [[image:secondarymentoring/libby_hobson.jpeg width="203" height="246"]] || Twenty years ago, after completing an Arts Degree in Literature and History, then a Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary), Libby Hobson began teaching in the Independent System. She was at the one school for a dozen years and for the first ten years mainly taught English and History. The last ten years have seen her teach in both Secondary and Primary schools in the Independent, State and Catholic systems. She is completing her final subject in a Masters in Education in Teacher Librarianship. Libby’s main areas of interest are using literature across the curriculum and teaching Information Literacy skills. ||