VCE English Language (Year 11)
VCE English Language (Year 11) on VCE Vault: 12 lessons written for Year 11 (VCE, Victorian Certificate of Education), each with worked examples, practice questions and Aari, an AI tutor. The first 4 lessons are free; the whole subject is a one-off A$12.99.
VCE English Language (Year 11) study notes: 53 pages covering 12 topics (PDF, A$9.99).
Lessons
Unit 1 — Language and Communication
- What Is Language? Nature and Functions (free) — Explain the nature and functions of human language and how it differs from other communication systems.
- Child Language Acquisition — Describe the stages of child language acquisition and evaluate theories of how children learn language.
- Register, Context and Formality — Analyse how situational and cultural context shape language choices and register.
- Language and Identity in Everyday Life — Explain how language choices express and construct personal and social identity.
Metalanguage and Analysis
- Subsystems of Language — Phonetics and Phonology (free) — Describe English sounds and sound patterns using phonetic terminology and the IPA.
- Subsystems — Morphology and Lexicology (free) — Analyse word structure and word formation processes.
- Subsystems — Syntax (free) — Analyse sentence structure, word classes and syntactic patterns.
- Subsystems — Semantics and Discourse — Analyse meaning in words and texts, and how discourse features create coherence and cohesion.
- Analytical Commentary — Structure and Practice — Write an analytical commentary that uses metalanguage to analyse a text in context.
Unit 2 — Language Change
- Language Change — Historical Development of English — Describe the major periods in the history of English and the influences that shaped it.
- Mechanisms of Language Change — Analyse changes in English across the subsystems and explain why language changes.
- English Around the World — Explain the global spread of English, World Englishes, and effects on other languages.