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 develop understanding, knowledge and appreciation of a substantial literary text, its information and ideas, and consider the ways in which the content, form and language of the text shape meaning.
In their study of one substantial literary text students experiment with interpretive approaches to examine the text’s meaning and significance and develop and expand their vocabulary of interpretation and response. Explicit, targeted English language study centres on identifying, analysing and responding to the ways in which language shapes meaning, including implied meaning, in their text. Students also examine the language and conventions that are particular to their literary form, and the ways that authors make inferences, and use, manipulate and challenge those conventions.
The aesthetic qualities, themes and representation of ideas, values and attitudes in a text
The ways the context of the author and the audience shape meaning
Language for making connections, posing questions, affirming, challenging, speculating and generalising
Compose sustained texts that experiment with appropriate metalanguage and structural choices to shape perspectives and opinions in a range of modes and mediums
Use descriptive, rhetorical and persuasive language to express ideas, attitudes and evaluations of texts
Apply the conventions of syntax, spelling and grammar accurately in own compositions for specific purposes, audiences and contexts
Plan, draft, reflect, edit and refine texts using accurate syntax in clauses and sentences for a range of purposes and audiences