11–12English EAL/D 11–12 Syllabus (2024)
The new English EAL/D 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2026 and will replace the English EAL/D Stage 6 Syllabus (2017).
2025
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026, Term 1
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 11
- Start implementing the 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 the new syllabus for Year 12
- Start implementing the new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2027
- First HSC examination for the 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, Loading and Loading 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 Loading to the ways in which language shapes meaning, including implied meaning, in their text. Students also examine the language and Loading that are particular to their literary form, and the ways that authors make inferences, and use, manipulate and challenge those conventions.
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Language for making connections, posing questions, affirming, challenging, speculating and generalising
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Use descriptive, rhetorical and persuasive language to express ideas, attitudes and evaluations of texts
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Plan, draft, reflect, edit and refine texts using accurate syntax in clauses and sentences for a range of purposes and audiences