11–12English EAL/D 11–12 Syllabus
The new English EAL/D 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2026.
2025
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026, Term 1
- Start teaching new syllabus for Year 11
- Start implementing new Year 11 school-based assessment requirements
- Continue to teach the English EAL/D Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) for Year 12
2026, Term 4
- Start teaching new syllabus for Year 12
- Start implementing new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2027
- First HSC examination for new syllabus
Content
Year 11
Students read, view and listen to quality short texts from a variety of modes and mediums. In doing so, they experiment with reading strategies to examine language and gradually increase their vocabulary in English through their engagement with imaginative, discursive and persuasive texts. They read texts that are engaging aesthetically, stylistically and conceptually to inspire them to respond critically and creatively. Students develop their understanding and use of form and structure when composing and responding to texts. To build their language proficiency and fluency students develop their understanding of metalanguage to use in their own compositions. Explicit, targeted English language study centres on using descriptive, rhetorical and persuasive language appropriate for purpose and audience. Students also develop their understanding and use of correct syntax, the effect of phrasal verbs and collocations, and clause and sentence structure in their own spoken and written texts across a range of modes and mediums.
Students compare and contrast texts to develop their own written expression and offer inspiration for their own writing. They also develop the vocabulary to appreciate, understand and analyse texts, and plan, draft and refine their own written and spoken texts. Through wide reading of texts, students develop insights into the world around them, deepen their understanding of themselves and others, and enhance their enjoyment of reading to strengthen their personal voice as writers.
The language forms, text structures and stylistic features in spoken and written texts to shape ideas and perspectives, including parts of speech and verb forms and tenses
Synonyms and antonyms
The use of discourse markers to show cause and effect
The ways ideas, attitudes and perspectives are represented in spoken and written texts and how these shape meaning
The conventions of genre and the ways texts may conform or subvert these conventions
The impact of language forms, conventions and literary devices in familiar and unfamiliar texts
Compose texts that experiment with tone, modality and register for different purposes and audiences
Compose imaginative texts that experiment with point of view, form and setting to represent a range of personal, social, historical or cultural contexts and perspectives
Select and use appropriate structure to communicate ideas and opinions for different purposes, audiences and contexts
Compose critical and creative texts that use accurate spelling, punctuation and syntax in a range of modes and mediums
Plan, draft and refine ideas and language in own texts for a range of purposes and audiences
Assess their choices of language and textual form in their own critical and creative compositions