CRITICAL RESPONSE

Critical response

Requirements for Major Work

Students develop a critical response based on their independent research into an area of special interest of their choice within a 4000–5000 word limit. The word limit does not include the Reflection Statement, bibliography or footnotes.

The critical response could take the form of:

a critique of an author’s work; or

an independent investigation into an aspect of language; or

an independent investigation into the works of a particular historical period; or

an independent investigation into a particular paradigm related to the study of English; or

any other critical response approved by the teacher, which is an extension of the knowledge and understanding gained by the student in the English (Advanced) or English Extension courses.