The aim of the English Syllabus is to enable students to strive towards personal excellence in using language.

In doing so, students will grow in their ability to make meaning in a widening range of language situations.

Meaning involves:

what is said,

how it is said,

why it is said,

the worth of what is said, and is the outcome of an interaction between what is said or written and the person who is listening, reading, or observing.

Language competence grows as students listen to, talk, write and read about and observe matters that are of significance to them in the contexts of:

everyday communication and personal expression,

literature,

mass media.